S 3972 United States Senate · 117th Congress

SHINE for Autumn Act of 2022

Summary
Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2022 or the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2022 This bill authorizes grants and establishes other programs to improve data collection on stillbirths. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths, and HHS must issue guidelines for health departments and vital statistics units concerning the collection of stillbirth data. HHS must also develop educational awareness materials about stillbirths and make them publicly available. Furthermore, HHS must implement a fellowship program to provide training in perinatal autopsy pathology and otherwise support research on stillbirths and fetal autopsies. The bill also requires HHS to issue a report with educational guidelines on stillbirths and stillbirth risk factors.
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Mar 2022
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Introduced Mar 31, 2022 Last action Mar 31, 2022
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Mar 31, 2022
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Mar 31, 2022
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