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The bill funds improved stillbirth surveillance, standardized guidance, and workforce support that can strengthen prevention and care, at the cost of modest federal and state administrative expense, potential privacy concerns, and a multi-year rollout that delays benefits.
Pregnant people and families gain access to standardized, centralized educational guidelines and counseling materials on stillbirth risks and prevention, improving awareness and prenatal decision-making.
State and local public health agencies and researchers receive improved stillbirth surveillance and aggregated deidentified data for research, enabling identification of risk factors and informing prevention and clinical practice.
Investments support workforce training and standardization at vital statistics units, improving data completeness and quality for public health use.
Taxpayers and the federal budget will fund modest new costs (about $6 million annually through FY2030) and HHS staff time to prepare and publish the report.
State and local health departments may face additional administrative burdens and costs to comply with new data collection standards and grant requirements.
Some patients and families may have privacy concerns about sharing stillbirth clinical details (even deidentified), which could reduce participation and bias the data.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes HHS grants and guidance to improve state stillbirth surveillance, data collection, training, and public education, and requires an HHS report within five years.
Creates a small HHS grant program to help states collect better stillbirth data, build public‑health capacity, and produce standardized training and educational materials about stillbirth and its risk factors. Provides annual authorizations for grants and for development of guidelines and public education, and requires HHS to publish a stillbirth guidance report on its website within five years. Grants to states must include deidentified data consistent with federal and state privacy laws; HHS must develop guidance and materials after optional consultation with professional groups, families, and advocates. Funding is authorized for fiscal years 2026–2030.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress September 18, 2025