Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established.
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.5, 2.2-3711, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 2.2-4002 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 25, consisting of a section numbered 32.1-73.33,...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review Program established; duties; report. Creates the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review Program (SMM Program) to identify, analyze, and review instances of severe maternal morbidity. The bill directs the Department of Health to develop a reporting system for hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to report findings and recommendations, as well as a model protocol for conducting reviews of severe maternal morbidity. The bill requir
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 22, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 842 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Margaret A. FranklinBonita G. AnthonyRae CousinsDebra D. GardnerMay NivarKathy K.L. Tran
Recorded votes
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 40
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 40
Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 14, X 1
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 95, X 3, N 2
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 7
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 21, N 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 7, N 1
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