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Committee advances substitute to House Bill 89 to streamline maternal death autopsy process and formalize review of perinatal regions
Summary
The committee approved a substitute to House Bill 89, a Department of Public Health agency bill that revises maternal mortality autopsy procedures, expands access to mental‑health records for the maternal mortality review committee, and establishes a statutory review process for regional perinatal centers.
Megan Andrews, assistant commissioner for policy at the Georgia Department of Public Health, presented the department’s agency bill, House Bill 89 (LC 57027S), intended to improve maternal health processes across the state. The bill received a substitute and was approved by the committee by voice vote.
Andrews described three principal components of the bill. First, the bill modifies an earlier 2022 requirement that maternal death autopsies be referred to regional perinatal centers; Andrews said regional perinatal centers have declined to perform autopsies due to liability concerns, so the substitute…
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