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IN HB1192
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Karen Engleman
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AI Summary
HB 1192 Summary
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Establishes a statewide maternal mortality review committee under the state department of health with multidisciplinary and culturally diverse membership including representatives from hospitals, local health departments, community organizations, and medical specialists.
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Requires health care providers and facilities to report maternal deaths (deaths during pregnancy through one year after pregnancy) to the committee, with immunity from civil, administrative, disciplinary, and criminal liability for good faith reporting and record disclosure.
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Committee reviews medical records, law enforcement records, coroner records, mental health records, and other relevant data to determine contributing factors, identify system improvements, and develop prevention strategies.
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Records and discussions before the committee are confidential and exempt from subpoena, discovery, and use as evidence in legal proceedings, with committee members receiving civil and criminal immunity except when acting with malice, bad faith, or negligence.
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Committee must submit an annual report before July 1 to the state department summarizing data collected and recommendations, which the state must post publicly online without identifying information about individual deaths.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Maternal mortality review committee. Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish a statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) and sets forth membership and duties of the committee. Specifies confidentiality of records reviewed by the committee. Requires a health care provider or health care facility that has a patient who dies of a maternal mortality to report the death to the committee and sets forth immunity provisions for the provider or facility. Requires the committee to submit a report to the state department before July 1 of each year concerning the committee's reviews and requires the state department
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/9/2018