Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 10/4/2023
Actions
- 2023-10-04Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.
- 2023-10-04Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
- 2023-10-04Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
- 2023-09-21Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2023-07-20Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2023-07-20Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-10-04 (25)
Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
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.
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).
Cosponsors (20)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Laphonza Butler (D-CA)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- J. Vance (R-OH)
Subjects
- Child health
- Government information and archives
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Sex and reproductive health
- Women's health
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