AB 508, as amended, Cristina Garcia. Public health: maternal health.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health and sets forth its powers and duties, as specified. Existing law requires the department to maintain a program of maternal, child, and adolescent health.
This bill would require the department tobegin delete prepare,end deletebegin insert prepare andend insert submit to thebegin delete Legislature, and post to the department’s Internet Web siteend deletebegin insert Legislatureend insert an annual report on maternal mortality and morbidity inbegin delete California. The bill also
would require the department to include in the reportend deletebegin insert California, includingend insert anbegin delete in-depthend delete analysis of maternal deaths andbegin delete pregnancy-related complications, andend deletebegin insert severe maternal morbidity. The billend insert wouldbegin insert alsoend insert require the department, in order to developbegin delete the mostend delete accuratebegin delete reports, to support efforts of private-public collaboration to collect necessary data and complete the report.end deletebegin insert
reports in a resource-efficient manner, to consider existing resources, including, among others, opportunities for partnerships with other entities and use of physician volunteers.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 123237 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the
4Government Code, the State Department of Public Health, as part
5of its work to advance and improve California maternity care
6through data-driven quality improvement, shall prepare and submit
7to the Legislature an annual report on maternal mortality and
8morbidity in California.begin delete The department also shall post each annual The report shall include, but not
9report on its Internet Web site.end delete
10be limited to,begin delete an analysis of all maternal deaths and instances of all of the
11complications related to pregnancy, which includesend delete
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following:
13(1) Patient demographics.
end delete14(2) Underlying causes.
end delete15(3) Contributing factors.
end delete
16(1) An analysis of maternal deaths that includes both of the
17following:
18(A) Case review of each death.
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19(B) Analysis of patient demographics, contributing factors, and
20underlying causes.
21(2) An analysis of all cases of severe maternal morbidity, as
22defined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
23for which data collection is practicable, including analysis of
24patient demographics and underlying causes.
25(4)
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26begin insert(3)end insert Suggestions for improvements inbegin delete care.end deletebegin insert
care to reduce
27maternal death and severe maternal morbidity.end insert
28(b) In order to developbegin delete the mostend delete accuratebegin delete reports,end deletebegin insert
reports in a
29resource-efficient manner,end insert the department shallbegin delete support efforts of begin insert consider existing resources, including,
30private-public collaboration to collect and analyze necessary data
31and complete the report.end delete
32but not limited to, all of the following:end insert
33(1) Existing data sources available to the department.
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P3 1(2) Opportunities for partnerships with entities engaged in
2maternal care quality measurement or improvement.
3(3) Use of physician volunteers or committees.
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4(c) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
5submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
6Code.
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