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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2740

The Maternal Health Reporting Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MATERNAL HEALTH REPORTING ACT; TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ACT IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN BY ADDING TO THE SUM OF MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE COMPILATION OF RELEVANT DATA ON ALL ABORTIONS PERFORMED OR TREATED IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS OF THE ACT; TO REQUIRE A REPORT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE HOSPITAL OR OTHER FACILITY IN WHICH AN ABORTION OCCURRED AND TO REQUIRE THE REPORT BE TRANSMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO SET THE MINIMUM INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REPORT SHALL NOT CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE WOMAN OR ANY OTHER COMMON IDENTIFIERS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE LEGISLATURE BASED UPON THE DATA GATHERED FROM REPORTS; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING RELATED TO ABORTION COMPLICATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CREATE FORMS; TO SET CERTAIN PUNISHMENTS AND FELONIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BRING ACTIONS TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-41-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE INFORMED CONSENT OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN TO WHOM THE DRUG IS PROVIDED; TO REQUIRE THAT AN INFORMED CONSENT FORM BE PROVIDED TO THE PATIENT BEFORE THE PHYSICIAN MAY PROVIDE THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG; TO THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION BE INCLUDED IN THE FORM; TO AMEND SECTION 41-41-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF ABORTION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-41-143, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 Senate

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate