Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

Deleted detailed requirements for regional perinatal centers, including mandates for adequate transport systems, consultation services, follow-up care coordination, educational support, annual education plans, and data analysis.

Removed the provision requiring the department to submit a budget request to the Office of Planning and Budget when changes to regional perinatal centers are approved.

Changed the document header from a committee offer of a substitute to a formal 'Committee Substitute' designation and updated the list of sponsoring representatives.

The mandate for healthcare providers to provide psychiatric or other clinical records to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was removed, leaving only general medical records.

The requirement to provide clinical records was updated to explicitly include records of deceased former patients, broadening the pool of patients whose data must be shared.

A new Regional Perinatal Center Advisory Committee was established to evaluate the state's perinatal care system and recommend changes to the commissioner.

The definition of a regional perinatal center was slightly adjusted to emphasize increasing the likelihood of care at appropriate levels rather than just ensuring it.

New language was added to protect healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies from civil damages or criminal/disciplinary action if they share records in good faith.

A schedule was set for the department to begin assessing the adequacy of the regional perinatal system starting July 1, 2026, and every four years thereafter.