l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 143

Birthing centers; delete requirement to have written transfer agreement with a hospital in order to be licensed.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-77-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT FOR BIRTHING CENTERS TO OBTAIN A WRITTEN TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH A HOSPITAL THAT HAS AN ORGANIZED OBSTETRICAL SERVICE AND PROVIDES SUCH SERVICE ON A CONTINUING BASIS, STATING THAT THE HOSPITAL AGREES TO ACCEPT FROM THE BIRTHING CENTER SUCH CASES AS MAY NEED TO BE REFERRED FROM THE BIRTHING CENTER; TO REQUIRE LICENSED BIRTHING CENTERS TO ESTABLISH A WRITTEN TRANSFER PLAN THAT INVOLVES APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF CARE WHEN CLIENT CONDITIONS REQUIRE IT, AND TO PERIODICALLY PROVIDE A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF ITS OPERATIONS AND PATIENT POPULATION SERVED; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO BE LICENSED, A BIRTHING CENTER MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRTH CENTERS'S (AABC) STANDARDS FOR BIRTH CENTERS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING A WRITTEN TRANSFER PLAN; 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 7 to February 3, 2026, 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 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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 7 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 7Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives