l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1453

Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program; establish within Health Dept.

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 ESTABLISH THE MATERNAL HEALTH MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO OFFER ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED MATERNAL HEALTH CARE THROUGH REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING FOR MATERNAL HYPERTENSION AND MATERNAL DIABETES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SELECT ONE OR MORE PARTICIPATING MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE TECHNOLOGY VENDOR TO ADMINISTER THE PILOT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPLEMENT THE PILOT PROGRAM IN AS MANY COUNTIES AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE PARTICIPATION OF UP TO THREE HUNDRED ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL CONCLUDE TWO YEARS AFTER THE PROGRAM IS OPERATIONAL; TO PROVIDE THAT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PILOT PROGRAM'S IMPLEMENTATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE PARTICIPATING MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON EVALUATING THE OUTCOMES OF THE PILOT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THAT THE REPORT INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE PILOT PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT MISSISSIPPI; 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

3 co-sponsors

Timaka James-Jones, Kenji Holloway, Zakiya Summers

Its course

January 16 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 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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 16 – Feb 3

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