Mississippi Senate Bill 2740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

The Maternal Health Reporting Act; enact.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	41	143	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	41	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	41	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2740.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2740IN.htm