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Senate hearing hears grief-driven bill to boost postpartum blood-clot screening and create VTE registry
Summary
A prime sponsor and a grieving mother urged the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to pass SB 609, which would require standardized screening, discharge education and a contracted nonprofit-run statewide VTE registry to collect anonymized diagnoses and improve maternal care.
Sen. Sharon Sarson introduced legislation aimed at reducing postpartum deaths from venous thromboembolism, telling the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that the bill "is intended to save the lives of mothers just like Katie." The bill would require hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and emergency care facilities to develop screening and treatment plans for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women who have recently given birth and would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with a qualified nonprofit to establish a statewide, de-identified VTE registry.
The sponsor said the bill responds…
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