Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

1. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)(1)(A)a new sectionchangedby H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(a)

   (A) include multidisciplinary and diverse membership that represents a variety of clinical specialties (including obstetricians and gynecologists), State, tribal, or local public health officials, epidemiologists, statisticians, community organizations, geographic regions within the area covered by such committee, and individuals or organizations that represent the populations in the area covered by such committee that are most affected by pregnancy-related deaths or pregnancy-associated deaths and lack of access to maternal health care services; and

   The bill says: in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting "(including obstetricians and gynecologists)" after "clinical specialties"; and

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2. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)(3)(A)(i)(I)a new sectionchangedby H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(a)

   (I) matching each death record related to a pregnancy-associated death or pregnancy-related death in the State or tribal area in the applicable year to a birth certificate of an infant or fetal death record, as applicableif available;

   The bill says: in subclause (I), by striking "as applicable" and inserting "if available"; and

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3. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)(3)(A)(i)(III)a new sectionchangedby H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(a)

   (III) collecting data from medical examiner and coroner reports, as appropriateand coordinating 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;

   The bill says: in subclause (III), by striking ", as appropriate" and inserting "and coordinating 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".

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4. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12a new sectionrenumberedby H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(b)

   The bill says: by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and

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5. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12a new sectionadded (e)by H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(b)

   (e) Best practices relating to the prevention of maternal mortality.—(1) In general.— The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, disseminate to hospitals, State professional society groups, and perinatal quality collaboratives, best practices on how to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity that consider and reflect best practices identified through other relevant Federal maternal health programs.(2) Frequency.— The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall disseminate the best practices referred to in paragraph (1) not less than once per fiscal year.

   The bill says: by inserting after subsection (d) the following:

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6. 42 U.S.C. 247b-12(g)a new sectionchangedby H.R. 1909 Sec. 2(c)

   The bill says: Subsection (g) of section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–12), as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by striking "$58,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023" and inserting "$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029".

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From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.