Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008
Latest action · May 7, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) more states should enact legislation that allows the issuance of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; and (2) the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the development of a standard definition of stillbirth and a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance; and (2) carry out a national campaign to increase public and state awareness of such definition and protocol and public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2008 to Nov 19, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 20, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jun 9, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jun 18, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 20, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Jul 22, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 8, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 7, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 6, 2008Introduced in House
- May 6, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Childbirth
- Death
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Directories
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to research
- Fetus
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Law
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2008Introduced in House
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