42 U.S.C. § 300c–13: Continuing activities…

§300c–13 Continuing Activities Related to Stillbirth, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER IX — GENETIC DISEASES, HEMOPHILIA PROGRAMS, AND SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME › Part B — Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood › § 300c–13

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must keep doing work on stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC). That work includes collecting detailed information through existing tracking systems and working with States to make that data better and more consistent; sharing materials to teach the public, health workers, and others; and working with the Attorney General, state and local health departments, and experts to give consistent guidance to medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement, and health providers about death scene investigations and autopsies so cause-of-death data improve and can help prevention. Within 2 years after December 18, 2014, the Secretary must send Congress a report describing what HHS agencies, including the CDC and NIH, are doing on these deaths, including the activities listed above.

Title 42, §300c–13

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(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 December 18, 2014, 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, and sudden unexplained death in childhood, including those activities identified under subsection (a).

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

§300c–13 Continuing Activities Related to Stillbirth, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood

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Title 42, §300c–13

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