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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 4995 (Reported in House) — To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Improving rural maternal and obstetric care data

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Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 241 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(e)through
(h)as subsections
(f)through (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection (d), the following: The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to maternal mortality and morbidity. . Section 310A(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 242s(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting sociocultural, including among American Indians and Alaska Natives, as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, geographic, after biological, . Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–12 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including improving collection of data on race, ethnicity, and other demographic information ; and in subsection (b)(2)— in subparagraph (L), by striking and at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(M)as subparagraph (N); and by inserting after subparagraph (L), the following: an examination of the relationship between maternal and obstetric services in rural areas and outcomes in delivery and postpartum care; and . Section 486 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 287d ) is amended— in subsection (b), by amending paragraph
(3)to read as follows: carry out paragraphs
(1)and
(2)with respect to— the aging process in women, with priority given to menopause; and pregnancy, with priority given to deaths related to pregnancy; ; and in subsection (d)(4)(A)(iv), by inserting , including maternal mortality and other maternal morbidity outcomes before the semicolon.
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