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Senate approves bill allowing maternal mortality review committee access to psychiatric records
Summary
The Georgia Senate passed House Bill 89 to give the state Maternal Mortality Review Committee access to certain psychiatric and clinical records and to change how maternal deaths are routed for review. The measure passed the Senate 50-1.
The Georgia State Senate on Tuesday approved House Bill 89, a measure that expands the Maternal Mortality Review Committee's access to clinical records, including psychiatric records, as it reviews pregnancy-related deaths.
Supporters said the change responds to findings that mental-health causes—including suicide and overdose—are leading contributors to pregnancy-related deaths. "In 2022 it was found that the number one cause of maternal mortality was mental health and that included suicide and overdose," the senator who presented the…
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