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Los Angeles Sentinel: “Shameful” Cal D.O.J. Report - Hospitals Ignored Racial Bias Training Mandated to Address Black Women’s High Maternal Death Rate
Four years ago this month, Senate Bill (SB) 464, also known as the California’s Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law, authored by LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, when she served in the State Senate, mandated that health care facilities implement training to address unconscious racial bias toward expectant mothers to address California’s high maternal death rate among Black women.