[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 197 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7622-S7623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PREVENTING MATERNAL DEATHS ACT OF 2017

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1318, the Preventing 
Maternal Deaths Act, which was received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1318) to support States in their work to save 
     and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, 
     childbirth, and in 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 1318) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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