Sec. 204. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION
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## SEC. 204 DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION ###
(a)Duties The Commission shall: ####
(1)Identify and examine comprehensively Federal, State, local, and private resources which impact infant mortality, including but not limited to— #####
(A)the effectiveness and adequacy of programs such as the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants, and Children; the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant; Community Health Centers; prepregnancy services and other programs that increase access to prenatal and post-natal education, care, and nutrition; #####
(B)the effectiveness of current Federal and State policies under the Medicaid Program to ensure adequate access to prenatal and post-natal care for low-income pregnant women, mothers, and infants up to age one; #####
(C)the role of income maintenance and other programs that impact infant mortality such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Federal housing subsidies; #####
(D)the adequacy of current Federal and State efforts to enable an appropriate distribution of properly trained health care professionals to provide comprehensive maternal and child health services; #####
(E)the adequacy of private health care financing systems and mechanisms to enable pregnant women and infants to receive comprehensive health care; and #####
(F)the adequacy of the national biostatistics registration system with respect to the collection and reporting of infant health statistics. ####
(2)Identify current financial, intergovernmental, and within the Federal Government, interagency barriers to the health care needed to prevent high infant mortality. ####
(3)Review recommendations made in recent regional and national reports that promote the health status of childbearing women and their infants and carry forward such recommendations as deemed appropriate. ####
(4)Hold hearings, in accordance with section 205(a), in areas of the United States with high infant mortality rates. ###
(b)Recommendations The Commission shall— ####
(1)recommend a national policy designed to reduce and prevent infant mortality, including recommendations concerning populations at risk of high infant death rates and recommendations concerning appropriate roles for the Federal Government, States, local governments, and private sector; ####
(2)recommend to the Congress and the President the specific changes needed within Federal laws and Federal programs to achieve an effective Federal role in preventing infant mortality, including the programs specified in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of subsection (a)(1); ####
(3)recommend to the Congress and the President the specific changes needed to improve the national vital statistics registration system with respect to infant death statistics; and ####
(4)present such recommendations to the President, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Finance and Governmental Affairs of the Senate no later than one year after enactment of this Act. **[**[42 U.S.C. 285g note](/us/usc/t42/s285g)**]**
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