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Committee advances bill to create regional perinatal advisory committee; expands data access for maternal‑mortality review
Summary
Lawmakers advanced a bill to create a regional perinatal center advisory committee and clarified access to mental‑health records for the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee; the measure passed unanimously in committee.
The committee unanimously passed House Bill 89 on Thursday, establishing a regional perinatal center advisory committee to coordinate services among Georgia's six regional perinatal centers and to advise whether an additional center is needed.
"What House Bill 89 does is, very important to our state. It sets up a regional perinatal center advisory committee," the bill's sponsor said as the committee considered the measure. The sponsor said the state currently has six centers and that an additional center may be necessary in the Atlanta region because it covers a large…
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