Legislation
- Title
- Health – Maternal Mortality Review Program – Recommendations and Reporting Requirement
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Wilkins, Crosby, Ebersole, Hettleman, Hill, Ivey, Jalisi, Lehman, R. Lewis, Queen, Sample-Hughes, Shetty, Smith, Solomon, Sydnor, Valentino-Smith, Wilson, K. Young, Pendergrass, Pena-Melnyk, Bagnall, Barron, Bhandari, Carr, Charles, Chisholm, Cullison, Johnson, Kerr, Krebs, Metzgar, Morgan, Rosenberg, Saab, and Szeliga
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring the Maternal Mortality Review Program, in consultation with the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, to make recommendations to reduce disparities in the maternal mortality rate including recommendations related to social determinants of health; requiring the Secretary of Health to include in the annual report regarding the Maternal Mortality Review Program a section on racial disparities that compares mortality rates, the number of live births by race and a comparison of leading causes of death by race; etc.
Committees
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- Finance
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13-1204, 13-1207 )
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