l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1290

Newborns; require hospitals to perform pulse oximetry screening on after birth.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES BIRTHING AND NEWBORN CARE SERVICES TO PERFORM A PULSE OXIMETRY SCREENING ON EVERY NEWBORN IN ITS CARE NOT LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER BIRTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published