Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1909 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1909 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Cammack, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PREVENTING MATERNAL DEATHS. (a) Maternal Mortality Review Committee.--Section 317K(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(including obstetricians and gynecologists)'' after ``clinical specialties''; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)-- (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``as applicable'' and inserting ``if available''; and (B) in subclause (III), by striking ``, as appropriate'' and inserting ``and coordinating with death certif