HR 4581 ENR: Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024 U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of AmericaAt the Second SessionBegun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four H. R. 4581 AN ACT To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024.

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Clarification supporting permissible use of funds for stillbirth prevention activities

Section 501(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting to reduce the incidence of stillbirth, after among children,; and (2)in paragraph (2), by inserting after follow-up services the following: , and for evidence-based programs and activities and outcome research to reduce the incidence of stillbirth (including tracking and awareness of fetal movements, improvement of birth timing for pregnancies with risk factors, initiatives that encourage safe sleeping positions during pregnancy, screening and surveillance for fetal growth restriction, efforts to achieve smoking cessation during pregnancy, community-based programs that provide home visits or other types of support, and any other research or evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths).

Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.