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.
This legislation aims to enhance and reauthorize federal support for initiatives combating maternal mortality and morbidity. It amends the Public Health Service Act to strengthen State-based maternal mortality review committees by ensuring the inclusion of obstetricians and gynecologists and improving the quality of death record data through coordination with death certifiers. Furthermore, the bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC, to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, State professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives. The measure also significantly increases funding for these programs, reauthorizing $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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.
USA119th CongressS-2621| Senate
| Updated: 7/31/2025
This legislation aims to enhance and reauthorize federal support for initiatives combating maternal mortality and morbidity. It amends the Public Health Service Act to strengthen State-based maternal mortality review committees by ensuring the inclusion of obstetricians and gynecologists and improving the quality of death record data through coordination with death certifiers. Furthermore, the bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC, to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, State professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives. The measure also significantly increases funding for these programs, reauthorizing $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.