SCS/SB 480 - This act establishes the "Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board" within the Department of Health and Senior Services to improve data collection and reporting regarding maternal mortality and to develop initiatives that support at-risk populations. The Board shall consist of no more than 18 members appointed by the Director of the Department, as specified in the act, with diverse racial, ethnic, and geographic membership. Before June 30, 2020, and each year thereafter, the Board shall submit a report on maternal mortality in the state and proposed recommendations to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the Department, the Governor, and the General Assembly. The Department shall have the authority to request and receive data for maternal deaths from specified entities. All individually identifiable or potentially identifiable information and other records shall be kept confidential as described in the act.
This act is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SCS/HCS/HB 447 (2019), the truly agreed to and finally passed SB 514 (2019), SS#2/HB 219 (2019), as amended, and SCS/HB 758 (2019), and similar to HCS/HB 664 (2019) and HCS/SB 275 (2019).
SARAH HASKINS