HB 336 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, penalty, report.

Summary
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions of meetings of the Team at which individual fetal and infant deaths are discussed shall be confidential.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026
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Rules Substitute Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit
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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative layout to a 'House Substitute' style with line numbers, but the substantive policy content, including the new Fetal and Infant Health Data and Quality Improvement Review Team and confidentiality rules, remains unchanged.
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The document formatting was updated to include line numbers and a 'House Substitute' header, while the actual bill text was removed and replaced with identical content in the new format.

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Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 31, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Jan 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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