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[H.R. 4581 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 406
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4581

                          [Report No. 118-490]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2023

Mrs. Hinson (for herself and Ms. Adams) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                              May 7, 2024

Additional sponsors: Ms. Underwood, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, 
Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Case, Ms. Mace, 
Ms. Norton, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Balderson, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. 
  Lesko, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Jackson of North Carolina, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
    Moulton, Mr. Bacon, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. 
Cleaver, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bera, Ms. Craig, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Nickel, 
 Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Phillips, Mr. LaMalfa, 
Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Caraveo, 
 Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. 
Slotkin, Mr. Crane, Mr. Allred, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Higgins of 
New York, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Rose, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
 Mr. Tonko, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. 
Beatty, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Budzinski, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. 
         Williams of Georgia, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. De La Cruz

                              May 7, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               12, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
   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)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 406

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4581

                          [Report No. 118-490]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 7, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed