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Senate Health Committee holds first hearing on bill to designate Sept. 19 Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day
Summary
House Bill 4 would add section 5.2471 to the Ohio Revised Code to designate Sept. 19 as Stillbirth Prevention Day; sponsors and proponents cited Ohio's elevated stillbirth rates and racial disparities during the committee's first hearing.
The Senate Health Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 4, a measure that would enact section 5.2471 of the Ohio Revised Code to designate Sept. 19 as Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day, sponsors and witnesses said.
Representative Holmes introduced the measure and said the awareness day is intended "to help target existing health care resources to those that are most in need, pregnant mothers and especially those with low income or limited access to health care." He told the committee that Ohio is a "statistical outlier with stillbirth and infant mortality…
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