To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Center for Health Statistics, to allocate such sums as may be necessary for the collection of statistics from the most recent versions of the Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death and the Standard Report of Fetal Death.
Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, to provide such funds as may be necessary to support states in implementing the most recent versions of the Standard Certificate of Live Birth, the Standard Certificate of Death, and the Standard Report of Fetal Death and purchasing data from these vital records. Requires the Secretary to give priority to collecting statistics on infant mortality.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line