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Panel backs requiring regular maternal mortality reviews; language amended and laid over
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony supporting a bill to require the state to conduct maternal death studies on a regular cadence. AWHONN-affiliated clinicians and MMRC leaders told the committee consistent data collection underpins prevention work; the committee adopted an A‑1 amendment and laid the bill over as amended.
The Health Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday considered legislation to require the state to conduct maternal death studies on a set timeline and report findings to inform prevention efforts.
Representative Aisha Agbaje presented House File 11‑05 and moved adoption of an A‑1 author's amendment that clarified timing language. Agbaje said Minnesota's maternal mortality and morbidity rates show marked racial disparities: data from 2017–2019 show Black mothers were 2.3 times and American Indian mothers about four times more likely to die from…
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