On or before March 1 of each year the bureau of TennCare, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, shall report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate concerning the following aspects of quality and outcomes in perinatal care for the last two (2) available fiscal years or calendar years, as may be available:

(1) From information available to managed care organizations participating in the TennCare program, a description of any initiatives by the managed care organizations to improve key performance indicators of perinatal care outcomes such as maternal deaths, neonatal and fetal perinatal deaths, and pre-term births; and

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-1-806

  • Committee: means the perinatal advisory committee. See Tennessee Code 68-1-801
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-1-801
  • Perinatal: means the period from time of conception through the first year of life of the infant and sixty (60) days post partum for the mother. See Tennessee Code 68-1-801
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) From vital statistical data available to the bureau of TennCare and the department, a determination of the effectiveness of managed care organizations’ initiatives toward improving perinatal care outcomes to residents in each health region.
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