§324-6 Maternal death review reports. (a) The director of health shall submit an annual written report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on the status of reviews of maternal deaths conducted by the department. The annual report shall cover the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which the report is due and shall describe the total number of deaths of women while pregnant or within one year after a pregnancy in Hawaii, the causes of those deaths and whether the causes of death were pregnancy related, any maternal mortality review activities conducted by the department, trends in maternal deaths, and recommendations for system changes, including any proposed legislation.
(b) The director of health shall submit a copy of any other maternal death review report published by the department of health, detailing findings and recommendations resulting from such a review, to the legislature upon the report's publication. [L 2016, c 203, pt of §5]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
324. Medical Research; Morbidity and Mortality Information
324-1 Requests for information; sources of information protected.
324-2 Identification of persons studied; restriction.
324-3 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-5 Multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews.
324-6 Maternal death review reports.
324-11 Sources of information protected.
324-12 Identification of persons studied; restriction.
324-13 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-21 Sources of information protected.
324-22 Identity of persons studied and material, restrictions.
324-23 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-31 Identity of persons studied and material, restrictions.
324-32 Release of information.
324-33 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-42 Information collection.