MI SB0029

Requires the state health information system to track the incidence and prevalence of obstetric violence and obstetric racism, defined as physical/emotional abuse by healthcare professionals or race-influenced treatment decisions that place patients at risk during the perinatal period

Mandates the department maintain a maternal mortality review team to comprehensively review maternal deaths, coordinate with national review teams, and study research evidence used in perinatal policies including public/private payment systems and malpractice insurance

Requires the department's website to include published, peer-reviewed studies on biased or unjust perinatal care, including obstetric racism and obstetric violence

Beginning January 1, 2026, and every 3 years thereafter, the department must report to legislative health committees on the most preventable causes of maternal mortality and recommendations for reducing pregnancy-related deaths

Expands the definition of health facilities for maternal death reporting to include freestanding birth centers and ties effectiveness to passage of Senate Bills 30 and 32