{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-4581","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 4581","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-69","introduced":"2023-07-12","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-05-15","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h207","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act","result":"Passed","yea":408,"nay":3,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll207.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2024-06-11","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4023)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-07-12"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-69.","date":"2024-07-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-07-12","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This act expands the scope of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to include research and activities to prevent stillbirths."}],"words":31},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 501(a) of the Social Security Act so that Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant purposes and permitted uses of funds include activities and research to reduce the incidence of stillbirth.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}]},"core_areas":["Stillbirth prevention under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends paragraph (1)(B) of section 501(a) of the Social Security Act by inserting the words \"to reduce the incidence of stillbirth,\" after \"among children,\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}},{"text":"Amends paragraph (2) of section 501(a) of the Social Security Act to add evidence-based programs and activities, and outcome research, to reduce the incidence of stillbirth to the services listed there.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}},{"text":"Lists examples of such activities: tracking and awareness of fetal movements, and improvement of birth timing for pregnancies with risk factors.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}},{"text":"Lists further examples: initiatives that encourage safe sleeping positions during pregnancy, screening and surveillance for fetal growth restriction, and efforts to achieve smoking cessation during pregnancy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}},{"text":"Also lists community-based programs that provide home visits or other types of support, and any other research or evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#H16752B55BF9D4932898E1C8D044DD460:~:text=2.%20Clarification%20supporting%20permissible%20use%20of%20funds"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr#HE919B0714F64484598960C90C78972FC:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4581/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-4581.png","v":"62ac68b49808","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4581, 118th Congress: Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024. House: 408 Yea, 3 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 12 Jul 2024."}}