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HR 1037 112th Congress House

Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 11, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the development of a standard definition of stillbirth and a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, and (2) carry out a national campaign to increase public and state awareness of such definition and protocol and public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 1
PLATTS, TODD
· Sep 15, 2011
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Mar 11, 2011
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 11, 2011
PASTOR, ED
· Mar 11, 2011
Paulsen, Erik
· Mar 11, 2011
ROTHMAN, STEVEN
· Mar 11, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1037: Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1037/
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"H.R. 1037: Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1037/.
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H.R. 1037, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1037/.
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