26:6C-2 Definitions relative to maternal mortality and morbidity.

2. As used in this act:

"Committee" means the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, established pursuant to section 4 of this act, which is responsible for annually reviewing and reporting on maternal death rates and the causes of maternal death in the State, and which is further responsible for providing recommendations to improve maternal care and reduce adverse maternal outcomes.

"Department" means the Department of Health.

"Maternal death" means a pregnancy-associated death.

"Maternal Mortality Case Review Team" means the interdisciplinary team of experts that is operating in the Department of Health as of the effective date of this act, and which is being replaced by the committee established pursuant to this act.

"NJMCQC" means the New Jersey Maternal Care Quality Collaborative, established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2019, c.75 (C.26:6C-3).

"Pregnancy-associated death" means the death of a woman, which occurs while the woman is pregnant, or during the one-year period following the date of the end of the pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death.

"Pregnancy-related death" means the death of a woman, which occurs while the woman is pregnant, or during the one-year period following the date of the end of the pregnancy, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy, and which results from any cause related to, or aggravated by, the pregnancy or its management, but excluding any accidental or incidental cause.

"Report of maternal death" means a report of a suspected maternal death, which is filed with the department, pursuant to the processes established under subsection a. of section 7 of this act, and which is to be forwarded to the committee for the purposes of investigation, as provided by subsection b. of that section.

"Severe maternal morbidity" means the physical and psychological conditions that result from, or are aggravated by, pregnancy, and which have an adverse effect on the health of a woman.

"State registrar" means the State registrar of vital statistics, who is responsible for supervising the registration of, and maintaining, death records in the State, in accordance with the provisions of R.S.26:8-1 et seq.

L.2019, c.75, s.2.