MO SB871

Expands the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board from 18 to 22 members and requires at least one member from each congressional district with demographically diverse representation by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and rural/urban populations

Adds new statutory definition for "maternity care deserts" as counties lacking hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and without obstetric clinicians

Requires the board to identify maternity care deserts statewide and investigate approaches from other states to reduce racial inequities in maternal deaths, including community-driven strategies and healthcare accessibility

Mandates that annual reports disaggregate data by race, ethnicity, language, nationality, age, zip code, presence of maternity care deserts, and level/timing of prenatal and postnatal care

Expands data collection to include the level and timing of prenatal and postnatal medical care and requires the board to examine whether additional data categories would be informative