Maternal health.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to track data on pregnancy-related deaths, including specified health conditions, indirect obstetric deaths, and other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy and complications predominantly related to the puerperium, and requires this data to be published at least once every 3 years. This bill would require the department to review pertinent records in tracking this data, and to collect specified information about the pregnant person for each pregnancy-related death, including the pregnant person's county of residence, the existence of social supports, and the number of prenatal appointments attended. The bill would permit the department to group data by geographic regions for the purposes of identifying clusters of pregnancy deaths.