118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2647Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2023

A bill to improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced Jul 27, 2023
Last action Jul 27, 2023
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This bill authorizes grants and establishes other programs to improve data collection on stillbirths. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths, and HHS must issue guidelines for health departments and vital statistics units concerning the collection of stillbirth data. HHS must also develop educational awareness materials about stillbirths and make them publicly available. Furthermore, HHS must implement a fellowship program to provide training in perinatal autopsy pathology and otherwise support research on stillbirths and fetal autopsies. The bill also requires HHS to issue a report with educatio...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.