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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2244 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5628 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2244 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. MCGEE T., 116th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO | |
| 19 | 19 | CREATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO RAISE | |
| 20 | 20 | AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISPARITIES IN BIRTH OUTCOMES FOR | |
| 21 | 21 | BLACK WOMEN. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | Public Health to create educational programs and initiatives to raise 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | awareness about the disparities in birth outcomes for black women, 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | including, but not limited to, targeted interventions and 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | recommendations for legislative changes necessary to address the 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | systemic factors contributing to such disparities. 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 32 | 32 | To improve maternal health outcomes for black women by requiring the | |
| 33 | 33 | establishment of educational programs and initiatives to address the | |
| 34 | 34 | underlying causes of birth outcome disparities in the black community. |