[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4581 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4581


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2024

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth 
            prevention and research, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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 support, and any other research or 
        evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths)''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.