US Congress House Bill 894 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 11 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for: (1) mandatory reporting to the state department of health by health care providers and other entities of pregnancy-related deaths; (2) establishment of a state maternal mortality review committee on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such state; (3) implementation and use of the comprehensive case abstraction form by such committee to preserve the uniformity of the information collected; and (4) annual public disclosure of committee findings. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) organize a national workshop to identify definitions for severe maternal morbidity and make recommendations for a research plan to identify and monitor such morbidity in the United States; and (2) develop uniform definitions of severe maternal morbidity, a research plan, and possible data collection protocols to assist states in identifying and monitoring such cases. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to carry out specified research and demonstration activities to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011

Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Bass, Karen	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.
Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Clarke, Hansen
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.
Rep Davis, Susan A.	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep DeGette, Diana	Rep Doyle, Michael F.
Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Farr, Sam
Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Hanabusa, Colleen W.	Rep Harris, Andy	Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Larsen, Rick
Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.
Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Rep Peters, Gary C.	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Quigley, Mike
Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Ryan, Tim
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"	Rep Sewell, Terri A.
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Wilson, Frederica S.
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN00894:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr894ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr894ih.pdf