Delaware House Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Passed on July 25 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-07-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Improving the quality of maternal health care and ensuring full access to it improves health outcomes and reduces preventable pregnancy-related deaths. The United States has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among high-income countries and wide disparities by race that have been documented since rates separated by race were first published in 1935. Currently, Indigenous and Black women are dying at two to three times the rate of White women, Asian/Pacific Islander women, and Hispanic women. Investigating maternal deathsspecifically by obtaining information beyond vital statistics datais imperative to understanding why people may die while pregnant, during labor and delivery, and in the postpartum period. (Source: Guttmacher Institute)

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Child And Maternal Mortality.

Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2022-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-07-25		Signed by Governor
2022-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-09		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-06-09		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 4 to HB 340 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 3 to HB 340 - Stricken in House
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 2 to HB 340 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 1 to HB 340 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 4 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 2 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 3 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-05-18		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-05-17		Amendment HA 1 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-03-16		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79243&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB340
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25063&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53401
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53783