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Committee advances bill to let Health Department create voluntary stillbirth grant program
Summary
An amendment to HB 15-34 would allow the Department of Health to establish a voluntary grant program to assist women whose pregnancies end in stillbirth if funds are available; committee voted 10–0 to move the bill to full Health.
A sponsor presented amendment 014025 to House Bill 15-34 to permit the Tennessee Department of Health to create a grant program for women whose pregnancy ends in stillbirth. The sponsor emphasized the change is permissive — the department would have authority to establish the grant if funds were available, not an obligation.
Committee members asked no substantive questions and the clerk recorded a 10–0 vote to advance the bill to the full Health Committee. The measure is a bill “sub to appropriation,” and any implementation would require funding decisions at a later stage.
