16-50-1-6. Duty to report; release of data

IN Code § 16-50-1-6 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 6. (a) If a health care provider or a health care facility has a patient who suffers a maternal mortality and the health care provider or health care facility has knowledge of the circumstances of the maternal mortality, the health care provider or the health care facility shall report the maternal mortality to the statewide maternal mortality review committee in the manner established by the statewide maternal mortality review coordinator under IC 16-50-2-4.

(b) The state department may provide data held by the state department, including:

(1) vital statistics;

(2) trauma data; and

(3) hospital discharge data;

to the statewide maternal mortality review coordinator to aid in the identification of cases of maternal morbidity and maternal mortality.

As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.3.