Ohio § 5180.13 [Former R.C. 3701.953, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Infant mortality scorecard

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§ 5180.13 — [Former R.C. 3701.953, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Infant mortality scorecard

Ohio § 5180.13

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5180Department of Children and Youth

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.13 (2026).

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(A)The department of children and youth shall create an infant mortality scorecard. The scorecard shall report all of the following:

(1)The state's performance on population health measures, including the infant mortality rate, preterm birth rate, and low birth weight rate, delineated by race, ethnic group, region of the state, and the state as a whole;

(2)Preliminary data the department possesses on the state's unexpected infant death rate;

(3)To the extent such information is available, the state's performance on outcome measures identified by the department that are related to preconception health, reproductive health, prenatal care, labor and delivery, smoking, infant safe sleep practices, breastfeeding, and behavioral health, delineated by race, ethnic group, region of the stat

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(A) The department of children and youth shall create an infant mortality scorecard. The scorecard shall report all of the following:

(1) The state's performance on population health measures, including the infant mortality rate, preterm birth rate, and low birth weight rate, delineated by race, ethnic group, region of the state, and the state as a whole;

(2) Preliminary data the department possesses on the state's unexpected infant death rate;

(3) To the extent such information is available, the state's performance on outcome measures identified by the department that are related to preconception health, reproductive health, prenatal care, labor and delivery, smoking, infant safe sleep practices, breastfeeding, and behavioral health, delineated by race, ethnic group, region of the state, and the state as a whole;

(4) A comparison of the state's performance on the population health measures specified in division (A)(1) of this section and, to the extent such information is available, the state's performance on outcome measures specified in division (A)(3) of this section with the targets for the measures, or the targets for the objectives similar to the measures, established by the United States department of health and human services through the healthy people 2020 initiative or a subsequent initiative;

(5) Any other information on maternal and child health that the department considers appropriate.

(B) The scorecard shall be built and automated to refresh data in real time on a data dashboard to be made publicly available.

(C) The scorecard shall include a description of the data sources and methodology used to complete the scorecard.

Last updated January 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM