{"id":124533,"date":"2023-11-03T00:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124533"},"modified":"2023-11-03T00:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:12:28","slug":"mackenzie-applauds-enactment-of-new-law-to-address-maternal-mortality-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124533","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Applauds Enactment of New Law to Address Maternal Mortality in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As a longtime supporter of efforts to address Pennsylvania\u2019s maternal mortality crisis, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh) applauds the enactment of Act 5 of 2023, which improves access to\u00a0maternal health and mortality data for medical professionals and policymakers. Mackenzie joined Gov. Josh Shapiro, advocates, and other lawmakers for Tuesday\u2019s ceremonial bill signing at the state Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie was the prime sponsor of legislation (Act 24 of 2018) that created\u00a0the Pennsylvania Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), which reviews all maternal deaths, identifies root causes of these deaths, and develops strategies to reduce preventable morbidity, mortality, and racial disparities related to pregnancy in the Commonwealth. This information helps clinicians and public health professionals better understand circumstances surrounding pregnancy-related deaths and enables them to take appropriate actions to prevent them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct 5 builds on the work being done by the MMRC and I appreciate the efforts of its prime sponsor, Sen. Judy Schwank, and Rep. Morgan Cephas in moving the legislation forward,\u201d said Mackenzie. \u201cThis is another important step toward improving maternal health outcomes in Pennsylvania, but there is still much more we need to do to lower the numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Act 5 requires the Department of Health (DOH) to annually publish maternal morbidity data obtained from the\u00a0<em>Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council with the goal of providing timely and transparent information on the causes of maternal mortality. The DOH data will be included in the MMRC\u2019s annual report to the General Assembly, health care providers, and the public.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie is also the prime sponsor of another proposal to help Pennsylvania families. House Bill 169 would\u00a0increase the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to match the federal credit of up to $3,000 for one qualifying individual and $6,000 for two more qualifying individuals over a three-year period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAndy Briggs<br \/>\nRepresentative Ryan Mackenzie<br \/>\n134th District<br \/>\nPennsylvania House of Representatives<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.repmackenzie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.repmackenzie.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG\u00a0\u2013 As a longtime supporter of efforts to address Pennsylvania\u2019s maternal mortality crisis, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh) applauds the enactment of Act 5 of 2023, which improves access to\u00a0maternal health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124533\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mackenzie Applauds Enactment of New Law to Address Maternal Mortality in Pennsylvania<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Maternal-Mortality.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}