Purpose

• The bill requires the commissioner of health to conduct maternal death studies. These studies are meant to help with planning, implementing, and evaluating medical, health, and welfare service systems, and to reduce the number of preventable maternal deaths in Minnesota.

Main Provisions

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.901, subdivision 1, by clarifying the purpose of maternal death studies.
• Defines the role of these studies as a tool to inform planning, implementation, and evaluation of health and welfare service systems in Minnesota.
• Establishes the goal of using maternal death study findings to reduce preventable maternal deaths.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Adds or clarifies a formal obligation for the commissioner of health to conduct maternal death studies (strengthening and specifying purpose).
• Narrows or specifies how the information from maternal death studies should be used (to guide planning, implementation, evaluation of health and welfare services and to reduce preventable deaths).

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