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HB 1398 Passed First Chamber

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.

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Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health.

The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions of meetings of the Team at which individual fetal and infant deaths are discussed shall be confidential.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 22, 2026
Last action
Jul 21, 2026 — Continued from last session
Session
2027
Momentum
78 · High