Bills · 118th Congress · Health

Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced6/6/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/5/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 382–12 on March 5, 2024 (Roll Call 61 →). Received in the Senate on March 6, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 3/5/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic195 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Not voting
  • Republican187 Yea · 12 Nay · 20 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.

The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).

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Sponsor
Rep. Michael C. Burgess ( Republican · TX-26)
Cosponsors
24
Introduced
6/6/23
Policy area
Health

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 6/6/23Introduced in House
  2. 6/6/23Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  3. 6/9/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. 7/13/23Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 0.
  5. 7/13/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 7/19/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. 7/19/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
  8. 10/25/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-246.
  9. 10/25/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 196.
  10. 3/5/24Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  11. 3/5/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H793-796)
  12. 3/5/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3838.
  13. 3/5/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 3/5/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H806)
  15. 3/5/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 12 (Roll no. 61). (text: CR H793)
  16. 3/5/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 12 (Roll no. 61). (text: CR H793)
  17. 3/5/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 3/6/24Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.