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S. 1112: Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017

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S. 1112: Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-11 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017

Plain summary

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program under which HHS may make grants to states (including federally recognized Indian tribes and organizations) for the purpose of: (1) reviewing pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (maternal deaths); (2) establishing and sustaining a maternal mortality review committee to review relevant information; (3) ensuring that the state department of health develops a plan for ongoing health care provider education in order to improve the quality of maternal care, disseminate findings, and implement recommendations; (4) disseminating a case abstraction form to aid information collection for HHS review and preserve its uniformity; and (5) providing for the public disclosure of information included in state reports. The bill defines "pregnancy-associated death" as the death of a woman while pregnant or during the one-year period following the date of the end of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death. It defines "pregnancy-related death" as the death of a woman while pregnant or during the one-year period following the date of the end of pregnancy, irrespective of the pregnancy's duration, from any cause related to, or aggravated by, the pregnancy or its management, excluding any accidental or incidental cause. States shall develop procedures for mandatory reporting to their departments of health by health facilities and professionals concerning maternal deaths and for voluntary reporting of such deaths by family members. States shall investigate each case and prepare a case summary for each case, to be reviewed by the committee and included in applicable reports. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct HHS to take specified steps to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.

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Official text

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · 42 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1112, Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 (2018-07-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)

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Record fed-us-cong115-s1112 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115