2024: Fitzpatrick Voted To Reauthorize Safe Motherhood Grants Through
FY 2028. In March 2024, Fitzpatrick voted for , according to
Congressional Quarterly, "the bill, as amended, that would reauthorize
safe motherhood grants to states for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to
support efforts to sustain the health of the mother through pregnancy
and postpartum, eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes, and
identify solutions to improve health outcomes for mothers. It would
expand the role of the Maternal Mortality Review Committees to include
the collection and quality of death records. It also would require the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish and disseminate,
at least once per fiscal year, best practices on preventing maternal
deaths. The bill would authorize $108 million annually in fiscal years
2024 through 2028 for the safe motherhood grants." The vote was on
passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of 382 to 12. [House Vote
61, 3/5/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 3/5/24;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
3838]