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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1804 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal health and promote safe motherhood. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Safe motherhood

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Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–12 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(e)and
(f)as subsections
(h)and (i), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish or continue in effect a program to award competitive grants to eligible entities to assist with the classification of birthing facilities based on the level of risk-appropriate maternal and neonatal care such entities can provide in order to strategically improve maternal and infant care delivery and health outcomes. An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall use such funds to— coordinate an assessment of the risk-appropriate maternal and neonatal care of a State, jurisdiction, or region, based on the most recent guidelines and policy statements issued by the professional associations representing relevant clinical specialties, including obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics; and work with relevant stakeholders, such as hospitals, hospital associations, perinatal quality collaboratives, members of the communities most affected by racial, ethnic, and geographic maternal health inequities, maternal mortality review committees, and maternal and neonatal health care providers and community-based birth workers to review the findings of the assessment made of activities carried out under paragraph
(1)and implement changes, as appropriate, based on identified gaps in perinatal services and differences in maternal and neonatal outcomes in the State, jurisdiction, or region for which such an assessment was conducted to support the provision of risk-appropriate care. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a State health department, Indian Tribe or other Tribal serving organization, such as a Tribal health department or other organization fulfilling similar functions for the Tribe, shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. A grant awarded under this subsection shall be made for a period of 3 years. Any supplemental award made to a grantee under this subsection may be made for a period of less than 3 years. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, a report concerning the impact of the programs established or continued under this subsection. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may establish or continue a program to award competitive grants and provide technical assistance to eligible entities to implement a quality assurance process to improve the validity of the pregnancy checkbox data from death certificates. Eligible entities receiving a grant under this subsection shall use grant funds to implement a quality assurance process to improve the validity of the pregnancy checkbox data from death certificates in the State or within the Indian Tribe. Activities funded under the grant may include the following: Reviewing death certificates for women of reproductive age and individuals with a pregnancy checkbox marked. Attempting to confirm the pregnancy of a decedent by searching for a matching birth or fetal death record (or other matching state administrative data source), contacting the death certifier, or reviewing the medical record. Amending death certificates or death record files, as appropriate, and sending the updated file to the National Center for Health Statistics. Providing training to death certifiers about completing the death certificate. Building awareness among death certifiers and health department staff about the pregnancy checkbox. Coordinating quality assurance activities among State maternal and child health programs, State vital records offices, and maternal mortality review committee members and abstractors. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a State health department, Indian Tribe, or other Tribal serving organization, such as a Tribal health department or other organization fulfilling similar functions for the Tribe, shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, a report concerning the impact of the programs established or continued under this subsection. ; and in subsection
(i)(as so redesignated), by striking $58,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $81,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 .
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