Clarification supporting permissible use of funds for stillbirth prevention activities

Section 501(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting to reduce the incidence of stillbirth, after among children,; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting after follow-up services the following:, and for evidence-based programs and activities and outcome research to reduce the incidence of stillbirth (including tracking and awareness of fetal movements, improvement of birth timing for pregnancies with risk factors, initiatives that encourage safe sleeping positions during pregnancy, screening and surveillance for fetal growth restriction, efforts to achieve smoking cessation during pregnancy, community-based programs that provide home visits or other types of support, and any other research or evidence-based programming to prevent stillbirths).