SEC. 2. STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION IM-
PROVEMENTS. 
Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 317L–1 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b–13a) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317L–2. STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND DATA COLLEC-
TION IMPROVEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) STILLBIRTH SURVEILLANCE AND RISK FACTOR 
STUDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants to States for purposes of— 
‘‘(A) conducting surveillance and collecting 
data, including from existing datasets like State 
or sub-State Fetal and Infant Mortality Review 
data, with respect to stillbirths for public health 
and research purposes; 
‘‘(B) building State and local public health 
capacity to assess stillbirth data; and 
‘‘(C) collecting and reporting data on still-
birth risk factors, including any quantifiable 
outcomes with respect to such risk factors. 
‘‘(2) CONDITION.—As a condition of receipt of 
funds under this section, all data collected shall be 
in a manner that ensures that such data is 
deidentified, and at a minimum, that there is no dis-
closure of any individually identifying information 
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regarding a patient or a patient’s health care pro-
vider, and otherwise in a manner that is consistent 
with applicable Federal and State privacy law. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
To carry out this subsection, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030. 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES AND EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS 
MATERIALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) issue guidelines to State departments 
of health and State and local vital statistics 
units on— 
‘‘(i) collecting data on stillbirth from 
health care providers, and with the consent 
of the woman who experienced the still-
birth, including any such data with respect 
to the clinical history, postmortem exam-
ination, and placental pathology; and 
‘‘(ii) improving processes and training 
related to stillbirth data collection and re-
porting to ensure standardization and com-
pleteness of data; and 
‘‘(B) develop, and make publicly available, 
educational awareness materials on stillbirths. 
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‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary may consult with— 
‘‘(A) national health care professional as-
sociations; 
‘‘(B) national associations representing 
State and local public health officials; 
‘‘(C) organizations that assist families with 
burial support and bereavement services; 
‘‘(D) nurses and nurse practitioners; 
‘‘(E) obstetricians and gynecologists; 
‘‘(F) pediatricians; 
‘‘(G) maternal-fetal medicine specialists; 
‘‘(H) nurse midwives and midwives; 
‘‘(I) mental health professionals; 
‘‘(J) statisticians; 
‘‘(K) individuals who have experienced a 
stillbirth; and 
‘‘(L) advocacy organizations representing 
such individuals. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
To carry out this subsection, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030. 
‘‘(c) VITAL STATISTICS UNIT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘vital statistics unit’ means the entity that 
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is responsible for maintaining vital records for a State, 
or a political subdivision of such State, including official 
records of live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, di-
vorces, and annulments.’’. 
SEC. 3. EDUCATIONAL GUIDELINES REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than five years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall publish on a public website of the 
Department of Health and Human Services a report with 
educational guidelines on stillbirth and stillbirth risk fac-
tors. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Such report shall include, to the ex-
tent practicable and appropriate, the guidelines issued and 
educational awareness materials developed under section 
317L–2 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by sec-
tion 2 of this Act. 
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