PRINTER'S NO. 1507
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1362
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, MADDEN, PROBST, ISAACSON, RABB, HANBIDGE,
SOLOMON, KRAJEWSKI, McNEILL, MERSKI, BURGOS, SCHLOSSBERG,
SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, DELLOSO, HILL-EVANS, MAYES, FRANKEL, HOWARD,
OTTEN, O'MARA, BULLOCK, CONKLIN, KIM AND GREEN, JUNE 9, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 9, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 9, 2018 (P.L.118, No.24), entitled "An
act establishing the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and
providing for its powers and duties; providing for duties of
the Department of Health; and imposing a penalty," further
providing for Maternal Mortality Review Committee and for
purpose and duties of committee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the act of May 9, 2018 (P.L.118,
No.24), known as the Maternal Mortality Review Act, is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 4. Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
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(i) Severe maternal morbidity data.--The department shall
annually publish severe maternal morbidity data using
hospitalization discharge data obtained from the Pennsylvania
Health Care Cost Containment Council. This data also shall be
included in the report submitted by the committee under section
5(b)(5).
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Section 2. Section 5(b)(5) of the act is amended to read:
Section 5. Purpose and duties of committee.
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(b) Duties.--The following apply:
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(5) The committee shall disseminate aggregated,
nonindividually identifiable findings and recommendations at
least every [three years] year to the secretary, the
chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of the
Senate, the chairperson of the Health Committee of the House
of Representatives, health care providers, health care
facilities and the general public.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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