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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Mar 31, 2022
Last action Mar 31, 2022
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Committee
1
Mar 31, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Mar 31, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
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State
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P
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
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Marco Rubio
RRepublican
Co
Raphael G. Warnock
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Menendez
DDemocratic
Co
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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