[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2415 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2415

  To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health 
of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, to 
eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related 
   and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve 
  health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
 Tillis, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health 
of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, to 
eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related 
   and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve 
  health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, 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 ``Preventing Maternal Deaths 
Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SAFE MOTHERHOOD.

    (a) Maternal Mortality Review Committees.--Section 317K(d) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(including 
        obstetricians and gynecologists)'' after ``clinical 
        specialties''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``as applicable'' 
                and inserting ``if available''; and
                    (B) in subclause (III), by striking ``, as 
                appropriate'' and inserting ``and coordinating with 
                death certifiers to improve the collection of death 
                record reports and the quality of death records, 
                including by amending cause-of-death information on a 
                death certificate, as appropriate''.
    (b) Best Practices Relating to the Prevention of Maternal 
Mortality.--Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b-12) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Best Practices Relating to the Prevention of Maternal 
Mortality.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
        shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Health 
        Resources and Services Administration, disseminate to 
        hospitals, State professional society groups, and perinatal 
        quality collaboratives, best practices on how to prevent 
        maternal mortality and morbidity that consider and reflect best 
        practices identified through other relevant Federal maternal 
        health programs.
            ``(2) Frequency.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
        shall disseminate the best practices referred to in paragraph 
        (1) not less than once per fiscal year.''.
    (c) Extension.--Subsection (g) of section 317K of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12), as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
amended by striking ``2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``2024 through 
2028''.
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