HR 1037
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1037
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national
collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 2011
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr.
MCCAUL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mr. FILNER) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national
collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other
purposes.
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 `Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2011'.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STILLBIRTH REGISTRY.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.)
is amended by inserting after section 317T the following:
`SEC. 317U. NATIONAL STILLBIRTH REGISTRY.
`(a) Establishment- For the purposes described in subsection (b), the Secretary,
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
shall, by grant or contract, establish and maintain a scientific registry
of stillbirths in the United States (in this section referred to as the `registry').
`(b) Purposes- The purposes of the registry are--
`(1) to provide a national repository for reporting and maintaining in a
consistent manner data on stillbirths; and
`(2) to make such data available for research on the causes and prevention
of stillbirths.
`(c) Content- The registry shall include, with respect to each stillbirth,
information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as
collected and submitted by States on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death.
In submitting such information, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention shall require States to use the standard definition of stillbirth
and the standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance
as determined pursuant to subsection (d).
`(d) Determination of Standard Stillbirth Definition and Protocol-
`(1) IN GENERAL- For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall provide
for the development of the following:
`(A) A standard definition of stillbirth.
`(B) A standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance.
`(2) CONSULTATION- The Secretary shall ensure that the standard definition
and protocol described paragraph (1) are developed under such paragraph
in a manner that ensures the consultation of representatives of health care
organizations, State and local governments, and other interested entities
specified by the Secretary.'.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NIH FUNDING FOR STILLBIRTH RESEARCH.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes
of Health should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for
stillbirth research.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
(a) In General- The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out
a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths
and public and State awareness of the standard stillbirth definition and standard
protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance under section 317U
of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 2.
(b) Measures To Reduce the Incidence of Stillbirths- Activities under the
national campaign under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the dissemination of information on measures for mothers to maintain
a healthy pregnancy and assess fetal health;
(2) the dissemination of information on good prenatal care practices such
as not drinking alcohol or smoking; and
(3) the promotion of fetal movement awareness and taking proactive steps
to monitor a baby's movement beginning at approximately 28 weeks into the
pregnancy.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General- To carry out this Act and the amendment made by this Act,
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2012 through 2016.
(b) Corresponding Reduction- The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated
by other provisions of law to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
for business services support is reduced by $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2012 through 2016.
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