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relevant family members of a deceased person.__The purpose of
the voluntary interview is limited to gathering information or
data for the purposes of the panel in summary or abstract form
without family names or patient identifiers.__A person who
conducts interviews under this paragraph must meet the
qualifications for panel coordinator and also have
professional experience or training in bereavement services.__
A person conducting an interview under this paragraph may make
a referral for bereavement counseling.

 
E.__The panel coordinator shall prepare a summary or
abstract of relevant information regarding the deceased
person, as determined to be useful to the panel, but without
the name or identifier of the deceased person, and shall
present the summary or abstract to the panel.

 
5.__Duties and powers of panel.__The panel has the following
duties and powers.

 
A.__The panel shall conduct comprehensive multidisciplinary
reviews of data presented by the panel coordinator.

 
B.__The panel shall present an annual report to the
department and to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human
services matters.__The report must identify factors
contributing to maternal and infant death in the State,
determine the strengths and weaknesses of the current
maternal and infant health care delivery system and make
recommendations to the department to decrease the rate of
maternal and infant death.

 
The panel shall offer a copy of the annual report to the
parent or parents or other authorized representative of the
deceased person that granted permission to the panel
coordinator for a voluntary interview under subsection 4,
paragraph C.

 
C.__The panel shall share the results of its data reviews
and recommendations with the child death and serious injury
review panel established pursuant to section 4004,
subsection 1, paragraph E.__The maternal and infant death
review panel may request and review data from the child
death and serious injury review panel, regardless of any
prior work by the child death and serious injury review
panel.

 
6.__Limitations.__The panel coordinator may not proceed with
reviews of medical records or voluntary interviews without the


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