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House approves bill requiring broader access to clinical and psychiatric records for maternal mortality reviews
Summary
The Georgia House passed HB 89 to require certain health-care providers, facilities and pharmacies to provide psychiatric and clinical records to the state maternal mortality review process; lawmakers debated data access, committee continuity and rural impacts.
The Georgia House passed House Bill 89 on March 3, a measure that amends state law to allow the maternal mortality review committee (MMRC) access to psychiatric and other clinical records when reviewing pregnancy-related deaths.
Representative Sharon Cooper presented the committee substitute, saying the bill establishes parameters for perinatal regional centers, clarifies which entities perform autopsies in maternal death cases, and…
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