Public Law 117-247 | Public Law 117–247: To require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps.

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PUBLIC LAW 117–247—DEC. 20, 2022

136 STAT. 2347

Public Law

117–247

117th Congress

An Act

To require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps.

Dec. 20, 2022

[S. 198]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Data Mapping

to Save Moms’ Lives Act.

47 USC 642 note.

SECTION 1.

SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “

Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act

”.

SEC. 2.

MAPPING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY AND MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES.

(a)

Incorporation of Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity Data.—

Not later than 180 days

Deadline.

Time period.

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall incorporate publicly available data on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, including for not less than 1 year postpartum, into the Mapping Broadband Health in America platform of the Commission.

(b)

Consultation With CDC.—

The Federal Communications Commission shall consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity data that should be incorporated under subsection (a).

Approved December 20, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 198 (H.R. 1218):

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 117–286 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying H.R. 1218.

SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 117–65 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):

Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 5, considered in House.

Dec. 6, prior proceedings vacated; considered and passed House, amended.

Dec. 13, Senate concurred in House amendment.

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