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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5294 (Introduced in House) — To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. · Sec. 517

Sec. 517. Bibliographic database of systematic reviews for care of childbearing women and newborns

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall— make publicly available an online bibliographic database identifying systematic reviews, including an explanation of the level and quality of evidence, for care of childbearing women and newborns; and initiate regular updates that incorporate newly issued and updated systematic reviews. To aim for a comprehensive inventory of systematic reviews relevant to maternal and newborn care, the database shall identify reviews from diverse sources, including— scientific peer-reviewed journals; databases, including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Clinical Evidence, and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; and Internet Web sites of agencies and organizations throughout the world that produce such systematic reviews.
The database shall— provide bibliographic citations for each record within the database, and for each such citation include an explanation of the level and quality of evidence; include abstracts, as available; provide reference to companion documents as may exist for each review, such as evidence tables and guidelines or consumer educational materials developed from the review; provide links to the source of the full review and to any companion documents; provide links to the source of a previous version or update of the review; be searchable by intervention or other topic of the review, reported outcomes, author, title, and source; and offer to users periodic electronic notification of database updates relating to users’ topics of interest.
Not later than the first date the database is made publicly available and periodically thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publicize the availability, features, and uses of the database under this section to the stakeholders described in subsection (e). For purposes of developing the database under this section and maintaining and updating such database, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall convene and consult with an advisory committee composed of relevant stakeholders, including— Federal Medicaid administrators and State agencies administrating State plans under title XIX of the Social Security Act pursuant to section 1902(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(5)); providers of maternity and newborn care from both academic and community-based settings, including obstetrician-gynecologists, family physicians, certified nurse midwives, certified midwives, certified professional midwives, physician assistants, perinatal nurses, pediatricians, and nurse practitioners; maternal-fetal medicine specialists; neonatologists; childbearing women and advocates for such women, including childbirth educators certified by a nationally accredited program, representing communities that are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, indigenous status, and geographic area; employers and purchasers; health facility and system leaders, including both hospital and birth center facilities; journalists; and bibliographic informatics specialists.
There is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2017 for the purpose of developing the database and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year for updating the database and providing outreach and notification to users, as described in this section.
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