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House Bill 4581
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024
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H. R. 4581 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 406

118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4581

[Report No. 118–490]


To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 12, 2023

Mrs. Hinson (for herself and Ms. Adams) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

May 7, 2024

Additional sponsors: Ms. Underwood, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Case, Ms. Mace, Ms. Norton, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Balderson, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Jackson of North Carolina, Mr. Himes, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Bacon, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bera, Ms. Craig, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Phillips, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Caraveo, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Crane, Mr. Allred, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Rose, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Porter, Ms. Budzinski, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Velázquez, and Ms. De La Cruz

May 7, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 12, 2023]

A BILL

To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024”.

SEC. 2. Clarification supporting permissible use of funds for stillbirth prevention activities.

Section 501(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting “to reduce the incidence of stillbirth,” after “among children,”; and

(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting after “follow-up services” the following: “, and for evidence-based programs and activities and outcome research to reduce the incidence of stillbirth (including tracking and awareness of fetal movements, improvement of birth timing for pregnancies with risk factors, initiatives that encourage safe sleeping positions during pregnancy, screening and surveillance for fetal growth restriction, efforts to achieve smoking cessation during pregnancy, community-based programs that provide home visits or other types of support, and any other research or evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths)”.

Union Calendar No. 406

118th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 4581
[Report No. 118–490]
A BILL
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.
May 7, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed