{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-3838","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 3838","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-06-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-05","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h61","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act","result":"Passed","yea":382,"nay":12,"present":0,"not_voting":38,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll061.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. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.","date":"2024-03-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-03-05","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement)."}],"words":93},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 317K of the Public Health Service Act to change requirements for state maternal mortality review committees, add a requirement that the CDC disseminate best practices on preventing maternal mortality and morbidity, and extend the program's funding authorization.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}]},"core_areas":["Maternal mortality review committees","Dissemination of best practices on preventing maternal mortality and morbidity","Authorization of appropriations for maternal mortality prevention programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds \"(including obstetricians and gynecologists)\" after \"clinical specialties\" in the provision of section 317K(d) of the Public Health Service Act that describes the members of a maternal mortality review committee.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}},{"text":"Changes \"as applicable\" to \"if available\" in subclause (I) of section 317K(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Public Health Service Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}},{"text":"Adds to subclause (III) of section 317K(d)(3)(A)(i) coordination with death certifiers to improve the collection of death record reports and the quality of death records, including by amending cause-of-death information on a death certificate, as appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the CDC Director and in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to disseminate best practices on preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, State professional society groups, and perinatal quality collaboratives.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}},{"text":"Requires the best practices to be disseminated not less than once per fiscal year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}},{"text":"Replaces \"$58,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023\" with \"$108,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028\" in the authorization of appropriations in section 317K of the Public Health Service Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh#H7FAB24DBA199460C80F4CC8D2030C9E1"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3838/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-3838.png","v":"4576db52e08b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3838, 118th Congress: Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023. House: 382 Yea, 12 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Mar 2024."}}