Health, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to utilize Title V funds, to the extent permitted by federal law, to establish a program to provide funds to women whose pregnancies have ended in stillbirth for the purposes of offsetting burial or disposition costs of the stillborn child's remains and educational scholarships for such women; authorizes the commissioner to seek any necessary federal waiver or authorization to create such program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

Summary

The bill lets Tennessee’s health commissioner tap federal Title V maternal‑child health block‑grant money, if allowed by federal law, to create a program that helps women whose pregnancies end in stillbirth. The program would cover burial or disposition costs for the stillborn child and could provide educational scholarships to the affected women. The commissioner may seek any needed federal waiver or permission to implement the program.

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