Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act

PUBLIC LAW 113–236—DEC. 18, 2014

128 STAT. 2831

Public Law 113–236
113th Congress
An Act
To improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness
about unexpected sudden death in early life.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudden Unexpected Death Data
Enhancement and Awareness Act’’.

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SEC. 2. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STILLBIRTH, SUDDEN
UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH AND SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED
DEATH IN CHILDHOOD.

Dec. 18, 2014
[H.R. 669]
Sudden
Unexpected
Death Data
Enhancement
and Awareness
Act.
42 USC 201 note.
42 USC 300c–13.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall continue activities related to still birth, sudden unexpected
infant death, and sudden unexplained death in childhood, including,
as appropriate—
(1) collecting information, such as socio-demographic, death
scene investigation, clinical history, and autopsy information,
on stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death, and sudden unexplained death in childhood through the utilization of existing
surveillance systems and collaborating with States to improve
the quality, consistency, and collection of such data;
(2) disseminating information to educate the public, health
care providers, and other stakeholders on stillbirth, sudden
unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood; and
(3) collaborating with the Attorney General, State and local
departments of health, and other experts, as appropriate, to
provide consistent information for medical examiners and coroners, law enforcement personnel, and health care providers
related to death scene investigations and autopsies for sudden
unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood, in order to improve the quality and consistency of the
data collected at such death scenes and to promote consistent
reporting on the cause of death after autopsy to inform prevention, intervention, and other activities.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to Congress a report that includes a description of any activities that are being carried out by agencies within
the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes
of Health, related to stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death,

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PUBLIC LAW 113–236—DEC. 18, 2014

and sudden unexplained death in childhood, including those activities identified under subsection (a).
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.

This Act shall not be construed to increase the amount of
appropriations that are authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal
year.

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Approved December 18, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 669:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–557 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
Sept. 9, considered and passed House.
Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Dec. 3, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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