118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3838 
AN ACT 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to 
save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, 
childbirth, and the postpartum period, to eliminate dis-
parities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-re-
lated and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solu-
tions to improve health care quality and health outcomes 
for mothers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFE MOTHERHOOD. 
(a) MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEES.— 
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 ‘‘(includ-
ing obstetricians and gynecologists)’’ after ‘‘clinical 
specialties’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘as appli-
cable’’ and inserting ‘‘if available’’; and 
(B) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘, as ap-
propriate’’ 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 appro-
priate’’. 
(b) BEST PRACTICES RELATING TO THE PREVEN-
TION OF MATERNAL MORTALITY.—Section 317K of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–12) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) BEST PRACTICES RELATING TO THE PREVEN-
TION 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 Serv-
ices Administration, disseminate to hospitals, State 
professional society groups, and perinatal quality 
collaboratives, best practices on how to prevent ma-
ternal mortality and morbidity that consider and re-
flect 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 ‘‘$108,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
through 2028’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3838 
AN ACT 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act 
to reauthorize Federal support of States in their 
work to save and sustain the health of mothers 
during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum 
period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health 
outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy- 
associated deaths, to identify solutions to im-
prove health care quality and health outcomes for 
mothers, and for other purposes.