Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2415
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-07-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

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Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.</p> <p>The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).</p>

action_date: 2023-10-04
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.</p> <p>The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 225 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2415 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2023 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Warnock , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Booker , Mr. Tillis , Ms. Smith , and Mr. Scott of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions October 4, 2023 Reported by Mr. Sanders , without amendment A BILL 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 improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 . 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 (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 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 .

October 4, 2023 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2415 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2023 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Warnock , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Booker , Mr. Tillis , and Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL 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 improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 . 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 (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 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 .