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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.
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 amends the Public Health Service Act to strengthen State-based maternal mortality review committees and expand efforts to prevent maternal deaths. It requires committees to include obstetricians and gynecologists, and improves coordination with death certifiers to enhance death record quality. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives at least once per fiscal year. It also increases federal funding for these programs from $58 million annually to $100 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA)
Actions (2)
- Jul 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jul 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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. 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 frequently 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 2026 through 2030”. <all>
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