# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs

### Subtitle 12. Maternal Mortality Review Program

#### Section 13-1202

The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Maternal deaths are a serious public health concern and have a tremendous family and societal impact;

(2) Maternal deaths are significantly underestimated and inadequately documented, preventing efforts to identify and reduce or eliminate the causes of death;

(3) No processes exist in the State for the confidential identification, investigation, or dissemination of findings regarding maternal deaths; and

(4) There is a need to establish a Maternal Mortality Review Program to review maternal deaths and to develop strategies for the prevention of maternal deaths.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)