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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-1212" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maternal Mortality Review Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report on findings, recommendations, and Program actions to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary shall include in the report required under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A summary of any stakeholder meetings held under § 13–1213 of this subtitle during the immediately preceding 12–month period that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Stakeholder responses to existing recommendations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Recommendations from stakeholders that address factors contributing to maternal mortality; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A section on racial disparities that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A comparison of the maternal mortality rates of non–Hispanic black and non–Hispanic white women;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Data on changes in the maternal mortality rate by race and ethnicity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The number of live births by race;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The percentage of women who gave birth by race;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The percentage of maternal deaths by race and ethnicity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The maternal mortality rate by race;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A comparison of the leading causes of maternal death by race; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Any other information that the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
