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S 1445 111th Congress Senate

Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance publ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.

Introduced: September 27, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 14, 2009
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants for: (1) improving state comprehensive death scene investigations for sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC); and (2) increasing the rate of comprehensive and standardized autopsies for such deaths.

Requires the Director to: (1) develop national guidelines for a standard autopsy protocol for such deaths; and (2) commission a study on the benefits and appropriateness of genetic testing for infant and early childhood deaths that remain unexplained after investigation and autopsy.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) award grants for death scene investigation training; (2) establish a population-based case registry for SUID and SUDC deaths; (3) conduct a needs assessment for investigations and determinations of such deaths; and (4) develop public education and prevention programs to reduce stillbirths and address the racial and ethnic disparities in occurrence.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to: (1) award grants for death review programs and prevention strategies; (2) establish a public health awareness and education campaign on SUID and SUDC; and (3) award grants for support services to families who have experienced SUID, SUDC, or stillbirth.

Provides for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths.

Requires the Secretary to establish a task force to develop a national research plan to determine the causes of, and how to prevent, stillbirths.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3212 Identical bill Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 27, 2010
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 24, 2010
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 24, 2010
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 18, 2010
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jan 28, 2010
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 14, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1445: Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1445/
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