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Committee approves substitute to House Bill 89 to clarify maternal death autopsy process and MMRC access to records
Summary
The committee passed a substitute to House Bill 89 after a departmental presentation; the bill removes the requirement that maternal autopsies go to regional perinatal centers, allows maternal mortality review committee access to certain mental-health records for review, and establishes a statutory review committee for regional perinatal centers.
The House Public and Community Health Committee approved a substitute to House Bill 89, the Department of Public Health’s agency bill aimed at improving maternal health processes and strengthening maternal mortality review capacity.
Megan Andrews, assistant commissioner for policy at the Georgia Department of Public Health, summarized the agency bill and its three main provisions: clarification of autopsy routing for maternal deaths, amendment of confidentiality provisions to allow the maternal mortality review committee (MMRC) access to mental-health records for review…
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