Public Law 118–69: To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.Public Law69Public Law 118–69138 Stat. 14852024-07-122024-07-12United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-02118publicPUBLIC LAW 118–69—JULY 12, 2024138 STAT. 1485Public Law118–69118th CongressAn ActTo amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.
July 12, 2024
[H.R. 4581]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024.
SECTION 1.
42 USC 1305 note.
SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024”.SEC. 2. 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 138 STAT. 1486
support, and any other research or evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths)”.ApprovedJuly 12, 2024.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4581 (S. 2231):HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 118–490 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):