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Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill reauthorizes and expands federal support for State-based maternal mortality review committees and maternal health prevention efforts. It requires that maternal mortality review committees include obstetricians and gynecologists, and mandates coordination with death certifiers to improve the quality and accuracy of death records and cause-of-death information on death certificates. The bill directs the CDC, in consultation with the Health Resources and Services Administration, to disseminate best practices on preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, state professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives at least once per fiscal year, drawing from other federal maternal health programs. The bill increases funding authorization from $58 million annually (for 2019–2023) to $100 million annually for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
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Sponsor (1)
22 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL)
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO)
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL)
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA)
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Earl L. "Buddy" Carter’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $80,924
- INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS $7,500
- SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOC $6,600
- HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES $6,600
- SADOWSKI CO $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Earl L. "Buddy" Carter → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Cammack, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PREVENTING MATERNAL DEATHS.
(a) Maternal Mortality Review Committee.—Section 317K(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “(including obstetricians and gynecologists)” after “clinical specialties”; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)—
(A) in subclause (I), by striking “as applicable” and inserting “if available”; and
(B) in subclause (III), by striking “, as appropriate” and inserting “and coordinating with death certifiers to improve the collection of death record reports and the quality of death records, including by amending cause-of-death information on a death certificate, as appropriate”.
(b) Best Practices Relating to the Prevention of Maternal Mortality.—Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
“(e) Best Practices Relating to the Prevention of Maternal Mortality.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, disseminate to hospitals, State professional society groups, and perinatal quality collaboratives, best practices on how to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity that consider and reflect best practices identified through other relevant Federal maternal health programs.
“(2) Frequency.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall disseminate the best practices referred to in paragraph
(1) not less than once per fiscal year.”.
(c) Extension.—Subsection (g) of section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12), as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by striking “$58,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029”. <all>
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