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The bill directs modest federal funding and standardized guidance to improve stillbirth surveillance, prevention, and public education—trading a small recurring fiscal and administrative burden (plus privacy/uptake risks) for better data, coordinated local capacity, and clearer information for pregnant families and clinicians.
Pregnant people and families will benefit from better information on causes of stillbirth, enabling more targeted prevention strategies and public-health interventions.
State and local health departments will receive grant funding to build surveillance and analytic capacity for stillbirth data, improving public-health response and local program planning.
Pregnant people, families, and hospitals will have access to standardized educational materials and official HHS guidance (online) that improve awareness of stillbirth risk factors, support informed prenatal care choices, consistent clinical counseling, and bereavement resources.
Taxpayers will bear modest federal costs (about $6 million per year FY2026–2030 for grants and guidance, plus HHS administrative expenses) to run and maintain the program and materials.
State and local agencies receiving grants will need to implement data-collection, privacy, and IT systems, imposing administrative and technical burdens on health departments.
Use of existing fetal and infant mortality review datasets—even deidentified—may raise patient and provider privacy or trust concerns, potentially reducing participation and data completeness.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates an HHS stillbirth research and data program, funds state grants and HHS guidance/education, and requires an HHS report within five years.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress September 18, 2025
Creates a federal stillbirth research and data collection program at HHS that funds state surveillance, standardizes how stillbirths are recorded and studied, and produces public educational materials. It authorizes $5 million per year (FY2026–2030) for state grants to collect deidentified stillbirth data and $1 million per year (FY2026–2030) for HHS to issue guidelines, training standards, and education efforts, and requires HHS to publish an educational report within five years.