Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 21, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-344.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2018
- Passed SenateDec 13, 2018
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2018
- Became lawDec 21, 2018Public Law 115-344
Summary
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 and revise certain Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs that support state and local surveillance of maternal mortality.
Among other changes, the bill authorizes the CDC to support state and tribal maternal mortality review committees. Such committees must collect, analyze, and report specified data relating to pregnancy-associated deaths (i.e., deaths from any cause during, or within one year of, pregnancy) and pregnancy-related deaths (i.e., deaths from any cause during, or within one year of, pregnancy that are related to pregnancy or its management, excluding accidental or incidental causes).
Cosponsors 192
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2017 to Dec 11, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 2, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 2, 2017 |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Original | Mar 2, 2017 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 7, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Apr 8, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 12, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | May 11, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 22, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 2, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Sep 14, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 14, 2017 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Nov 3, 2017 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Nov 17, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Nov 17, 2017 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Nov 17, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Nov 17, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Dec 15, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jan 16, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jan 16, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Apr 11, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 17, 2018 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | May 8, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 15, 2018 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | May 17, 2018 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| R-WV | Evan H. Jenkins | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jul 12, 2018 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jul 12, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 24, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Aug 14, 2018 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Aug 14, 2018 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Aug 31, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Sep 6, 2018 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Sep 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Sep 20, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Oct 19, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Oct 19, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Nov 2, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Nov 2, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 6, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Dec 11, 2018 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Dec 11, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2017 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2018Signed by President.
- Dec 21, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-344.
- Dec 19, 2018Presented to President.
- Dec 17, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 13, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7622)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7622 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Dec 13, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H10058–H10061Text printed H10058–H10060 | Diana DeGette D-CO, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Gene Green D-TX, Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX | Dec 11, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9779 | Erik Paulsen R-MN | Dec 11, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 37, March 2, 2017, page H1531.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-169 | BETTER DATA AND BETTER OUTCOMES: REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE U.S.151 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 27, 2018 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12421 | Federal Support for Maternal Mortality Review Committees: An Overview | Insight | May 8, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1112 | Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 9, 2018 |
| S 3660 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 | Related bill | Nov 27, 2018 |
| HR 5942 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 | Related bill | Oct 19, 2018 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to support States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes
- Short Title
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Women's health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 12, 2018Received in Senate
- Dec 11, 2018Engrossed in House
- Mar 2, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
