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HB 1295 In Committee

Hospital disclosures and requirements.

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted

Requires a hospital to: (1) inform a woman in premature labor of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy; and (2) if the hospital's capabilities interfere with the woman's care, provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital. Provides that if a born alive infant is transported to a hospital with an appropriate perinatal level of care, the woman must be offered an opportunity to be transported to the same hospital. Requires a local prosecuting attorney to investigate and seek criminal prosecution if the prosecuting attorney has probable cause to believe that a health care provider may have knowingly or intentionally: (1) violated the requirements concerning the treatment and care of a born alive infant or mother or the professional standards of practice through the health care provider's actions or inactions; and (2) caused harm or death to the born alive infant or mother.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Last action
Jan 6, 2026 — First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Session
2026
Momentum
29 · Low