US Congress House Bill 4216 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2014 - 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; (4) annual public disclosure of committee findings; and (5) collect, analyze, and report to the Secretary cases of maternal morbidity. 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 2014

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-03-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4216/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4216/BILLS-113hr4216ih.pdf