MN HF2654

Expands the commissioner of health's authority to conduct studies on maternal morbidity in addition to maternal deaths, defining maternal morbidity as severe maternal morbidity per CDC standards including unexpected labor or delivery outcomes with significant health consequences.

Grants the commissioner access to medical data, medical examiner data, and health records without consent for women who died or experienced morbidities during pregnancy or within 12 months of fetal death, live birth, or pregnancy termination, covering incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2000.

Requires the commissioner to make reasonable efforts to notify subjects or their representatives before data collection via certified mail, and permits data providers to charge fees not exceeding actual retrieval and duplication costs.

Mandates that collected data be transferred to separate records and source records destroyed, with individual identifying information classified as confidential and protected from discovery or evidence in legal proceedings, while summary data without individual identifiers remains public.

Establishes a Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee with up to 25 members including medical examiners, healthcare providers, obstetric practitioners, Medicaid representatives, and community representatives to conduct reviews and make recommendations.