Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1950: Creates provisions relating to maternal care
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1950 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOSLEY. 4878H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 192.990, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to maternal care. Section A. Section 192.990, RSMo, is repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 192.258, 192.990, and 192.1030, to read as follows: 192.258. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Local public health agency", a county health center board established under chapter 205, a county health department, a city health department or agency, a combined city and county health department or agency, a multicounty health department or agency, or any other county or city health authority; (2) "Term infants", infants who are at thirty-six weeks or more of gestation. 2. (1) Each county shall annually report infant deaths to the local public health agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the county or any part of the county. (2) The data shall be aggregated to ensure data reflects how regionalized care systems are, or should be, collaborating to improve fetal and infant health outcomes based on standard statistical methods for accurate dissemination of public health data without risking a confidentiality or other disclosure breach. (3) The data shall be disaggregated by racial and ethnic …
Sponsors
- Lakeysha Bosley (D, 079) · primary sponsor
- Hales, Jeff (D, 086)
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB1950?
- HB1950 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Creates provisions relating to maternal care.
- What is the status of HB1950?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1950?
- Lakeysha Bosley (D, 079), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB1950?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1950&year=2026&code=R
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