FUNKE FROMMEYER’S SENATE BILL 74
PASSES OUT OF THE SENATE
Bill Would Establish State Maternal Fatality Review Team
FRANKFORT, KY. (February 22, 2024) – Senate Bill 74 (SB 74) sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria, passed favorably out of the state Senate today.
SB 74’s primary purpose is to establish a state maternal fatality review team under the Department for Public Health. This team will be responsible for reviewing and analyzing cases of maternal fatalities and will be composed of representatives from public health, social services, law enforcement, coroners, health-care providers, and other agencies or professions deemed appropriate by the department’s commissioner.
“What we wanted more than anything, is to learn from our mothers and babies so as to prevent future fatalities,” said Funke Frommeyer. “This legislation will help us focus on the positive outcomes to improve overall health and care for women and children across the Commonwealth.”
The proposed legislation also seeks to modify existing annual reporting requirements and mandates the Cabinet for Health and Family Services report annually the methods of delivery by hospitals on its website starting from December 1, 2024.
SB 74 was presented to enhance the monitoring and understanding of child and maternal fatalities, contributing to improved public health outcomes, not to gather data to be used as legal evidence.
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Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria, represents the 24th Senate District, including Bracken, Campbell, and Pendleton Counties and part of Kenton County. She is a member of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Education; and Health Services Committees. Frommeyer is also a Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee member. Additionally, she is a Budget Review Subcommittee Co-Chair on Justice and Judiciary.