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Creates the Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans Act. Creates the Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans. Provides for the membership of the Task Force. Provides for the election of a chairperson of the Task Force. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide technical support and assistance to the Task Force and to be responsible for administering its operations and ensuring that the requirements of the Act are met. Provides that members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the Task Force. Provides for the meetings and duties of the Task Force. Provides that beginning December 1, 2020, and for each year thereafter, the Task Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly. Provides findings. Effective immediately.

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Jacqueline Collins (D)*,  Mary Flowers (D)*,  Carol Ammons (D),  Cristina Castro (D),  Linda Chapa LaVia (D),  Jehan Gordon-Booth (D),  LaToya Greenwood (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Toi Hutchinson (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Rita Mayfield (D),  Margo McDermed (R),  Debbie Meyers-Martin (D),  Bob Morgan (D),  Antonio Muñoz (D),  Delia Ramirez (D),  Martin Sandoval (D),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Katie Stuart (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ram Villivalam (D), 

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0038 (on 07/12/2019)

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