VirginiaSevere Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established.
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.
More detail
The bill requires all hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the SMM Program and report their findings and recommendations to the Department of Health on an annual basis. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 842 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1403ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded Reconsider R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 11Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Mar 11Read third timeMinor
- Mar 10Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 10Rules suspended
- Mar 9Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24Assigned Education sub: HealthMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute rejected
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 12Committee substitute printed 26107849D-H2Major
- Feb 11Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11House subcommittee offered
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 26107290D-H1Major
- Feb 10Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)Minor
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5House subcommittee offered
- Feb 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)
- Jan 27Assigned sub: Behavioral HealthMinor
- Jan 22Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Jan 22Presented and ordered printed 26105745DIntroduced