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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-1204" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maternal Mortality Review Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may contract with MedChi to administer the Maternal Mortality Review Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In consultation with the maternal mortality review committee of MedChi, the Secretary shall develop a system to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Identify maternal death cases;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Review medical records and other relevant data;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Contact family members and other affected or involved persons to collect additional relevant data;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Consult with relevant experts to evaluate the records and data collected;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Make determinations regarding the preventability of maternal deaths;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Develop recommendations for the prevention of maternal deaths; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Disseminate findings and recommendations to policy makers, health care providers, health care facilities, and the general public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On the approval of the Secretary and with a signed data use agreement, the Department may release de–identified data and findings to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, local maternal mortality review teams, and other entities at the discretion of the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In accordance with § 4–221 of this article and notwithstanding § 4–224 of this article, the Secretary shall provide the Program with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Information on maternal death cases when the records become available, including a copy of the death certificate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Medical information from the birth or fetal death record for any pregnancy that occurred within 1 year before the death of the woman, excluding Social Security numbers, addresses, and names of the infants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On the request of the Secretary, the Program shall be provided access, to the extent allowed by law, to all information and records maintained by a State or local government agency, law enforcement investigative information, medical examiner investigative information, parole and probation information and records, and information and records of a social services agency that provided services to a woman whose death is being reviewed by the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Maternal Mortality Review Program, in consultation with the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, shall make recommendations to reduce any disparities in the maternal mortality rate including recommendations related to social determinants of health.</text>
  </level>
</section>
