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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 515
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Parris N. Glendening
Governor
House Bill No. 515
AN ACT concerning
Maternal Mortality Review Program
FOR the purpose of establishing a Maternal Mortality Review Program to review
certain maternal deaths and develop certain strategies for the prevention of
certain maternal deaths; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene to contract and consult with the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty;
authorizing the Secretary to provide certain vital records regarding certain
maternal deaths; requiring certain health care providers and facilities to report
certain maternal deaths to the Maternal Mortality Review Program; requiring
that certain records be kept confidential; providing certain immunity; requiring
the Secretary to make certain reports to the Governor and the General
Assembly; defining certain terms; declaring the findings of the General
Assembly; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to the
Maternal Mortality Review Program.
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 13-1001 through 13-1007, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 10. Maternal Mortality Review Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
SUBTITLE 10. MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW PROGRAM.
13-1001.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "MATERNAL DEATH" MEANS THE DEATH OF A WOMAN DURING
PREGNANCY OR WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE WOMAN CEASES TO BE PREGNANT.
(C) "FACULTY' MEANS THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY IN THE
STATE.
(D) "MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH COMMITTEE" MEANS THE MATERNAL CHILD
HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY THAT IS A MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, AS
DEFINED UNDER § 14-501 OF THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ARTICLE.
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