Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
Latest action · Oct 4, 2023 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2023 to Dec 3, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Feb 27, 2024 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Mar 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2023Markup Sep 21, 2023Reported Oct 4, 2023 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2023Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
- Oct 4, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.
- Sep 21, 2023Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jul 20, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 26, 2024S. 2415, Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 4, 2023
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3838 | Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and 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(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2023Reported to Senate
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
