Committee of Jurisdiction: Health and Human Services
Introduction
This series of bills was created to improve Black maternal healthcare delivery, decrease maternal mortality rates and decrease adverse experiences that Black women too often experience during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Black women are dying 3 x’s faster than their white counterparts and black infants are dying 4-5 times faster than their white counterparts before the age of one.
State Action
Delaware
NBCSL Member Sponsor(s):- Rep. Minor-Brown (DE)
Summary: State of Delaware : A series of bills was created to improve Black maternal healthcare delivery
Delaware HB 455 View/Download Bill open_in_new
Delaware HB 340 View/Download Bill open_in_new
Delaware HB 530 View/Download Bill open_in_new
Delaware HB 234 View/Download Bill open_in_new