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.
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Latest Action · July 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill strengthens federal efforts to reduce maternal deaths by reauthorizing and expanding support for state-based maternal mortality review committees through 2030. The legislation requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to distribute best practices on preventing maternal mortality at least once per year to hospitals, professional medical societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives nationwide. The bill also enhances review committees by specifically including obstetricians and gynecologists and improving coordination with death certifiers to ensure accurate cause-of-death reporting on birth-related deaths. Funding increases from $58 million annually to $100 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, supporting these expanded efforts to address the ongoing maternal health crisis affecting pregnant women and new mothers across the country.
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