{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5487","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5487","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-10-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h416","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"SHINE for Autumn Act","result":"Passed","yea":408,"nay":18,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll416.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2021-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2021 or the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes grants and establishes other programs to improve data collection on stillbirths."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths, and HHS must issue guidelines for health departments and vital statistics units concerning the collection of stillbirth data. HHS must also develop educational awareness materials about stillbirths and make them publicly available."},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, HHS must implement a fellowship program to provide training in perinatal autopsy pathology and otherwise support research on stillbirths and fetal autopsies."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires HHS to issue a report with educational guidelines on stillbirths and stillbirth risk factors."}],"words":124},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants, guidelines, educational materials and a fellowship program for stillbirth research and data collection, and requires two reports.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H133E9DF1EC614737B3C383CAF8D27DC6"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H075772613E224855AFB5972466E9E029"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H6D8BA2C3140A4B598178511C14A6DAF1"}]},"core_areas":["Stillbirth surveillance and data collection grants to States","Guidelines and educational awareness materials on stillbirth","Perinatal pathology fellowship program","Reports on stillbirth educational guidelines and fellowship progress"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States for stillbirth surveillance and data collection, building State and local capacity to assess stillbirth data, and collecting and reporting data on stillbirth risk factors.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H133E9DF1EC614737B3C383CAF8D27DC6"}},{"text":"Authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the stillbirth surveillance and risk factor grants.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H133E9DF1EC614737B3C383CAF8D27DC6"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines to State departments of health and State and local vital statistics units on collecting and sharing stillbirth data and improving data collection and reporting processes and training.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H133E9DF1EC614737B3C383CAF8D27DC6"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to develop educational awareness materials on stillbirths and make them publicly available, and authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the guidelines and materials.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H133E9DF1EC614737B3C383CAF8D27DC6"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a Perinatal Pathology Fellowship Program or a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Factors Associated with Stillbirth Program, and authorizes $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H075772613E224855AFB5972466E9E029"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, within five years of enactment, to publish a report with educational guidelines on stillbirth and its risk factors on a Department website.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh#H6D8BA2C3140A4B598178511C14A6DAF1"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5487/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5487.png","v":"3e8147af440c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5487, 117th Congress: SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021. House: 408 Yea, 18 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}