BILL NUMBER: AB 508	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cristina Garcia
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Burke   )

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 123237 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 to  prepare,
  prepare and  submit to the  Legislature,
and post to the department's Internet Web site  
Legislature  an annual report on maternal mortality and
morbidity in  California. The bill also would require the
department to include in the report   California,
including  an  in-depth  analysis of maternal
deaths and  pregnancy-related complications, and 
 severe maternal morbidity. The bill  would  also 
require the department, in order to develop  the most
 accurate  reports, to support efforts of
private-public collaboration to collect necessary data and complete
the report.   reports in a resource-efficient manner, to
consider existing resources, including, among others, opportunities
for partnerships with other entities and use of physician volunteers.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 123237 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   123237.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, the State Department of Public Health, as part of its work to
advance and improve California maternity care through data-driven
quality improvement, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an
annual report on maternal mortality and morbidity in California.
 The department also shall post each annual report on its
Internet Web site.  The report shall include, but not be
limited to,  an analysis of all maternal deaths and instances
of complications related to pregnancy, which includes  all
of the following: 
   (1) Patient demographics.  
   (2) Underlying causes.  
   (3) Contributing factors.  
   (1) An analysis of maternal deaths that includes both of the
following:  
   (A) Case review of each death.  
   (B) Analysis of patient demographics, contributing factors, and
underlying causes.  
   (2) An analysis of all cases of severe maternal morbidity, as
defined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
for which data collection is practicable, including analysis of
patient demographics and underlying causes.  
   (4) 
    (3)  Suggestions for improvements in  care.
  care to reduce maternal death and severe maternal
morbidity. 
   (b) In order to develop  the most  accurate
 reports,   reports in a resource-efficient
manner,  the department shall  support efforts of
private-public collaboration to collect and analyze necessary data
and complete the report.   consider existing resources,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:  
   (1) Existing data sources available to the department.  
   (2) Opportunities for partnerships with entities engaged in
maternal care quality measurement or improvement.  
   (3) Use of physician volunteers or committees. 
   (c) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.