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H.R. 4216 113th Congress House

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2014

Official title: To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants to States to establish State maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths occ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants to States to establish State maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such States; to develop definitions of severe maternal morbidity and data collection protocols; and to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.

Introduced: July 30, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 12, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for: (1) mandatory reporting to the state department of health by health care providers and other entities of pregnancy-related deaths; (2) establishment of a state maternal mortality review committee on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such state; (3) implementation and use of the comprehensive case abstraction form by such committee to preserve the uniformity of the information collected; (4) annual public disclosure of committee findings; and (5) collect, analyze, and report to the Secretary cases of maternal morbidity.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) organize a national workshop to identify definitions for severe maternal morbidity and make recommendations for a research plan to identify and monitor such morbidity in the United States; and (2) develop uniform definitions of severe maternal morbidity, a research plan, and possible data collection protocols to assist states in identifying and monitoring such cases.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to carry out specified research and demonstration activities to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4216: Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4216/
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