Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3838) to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve healthcare quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3838 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 ``Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. SAFE MOTHERHOOD. (a) Maternal Mortality Review Committees.--Section 317K(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(including obstetricians and gynecologists)'' after ``clinical specialties''; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)-- (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``as applicable'' and inserting ``if available''; and (B) in subclause (III), by striking ``, as appropriate'' and inserting ``and coordinating with death certifiers to improve the collection of death record reports and the quality of death records, including by amending cause-of- death information on a death certificate, as appropriate''.…”