Indiana House Bill 1219 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-15 - Representative Hostettler added as coauthor
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Newborn infants and hospital requirements. Requires a hospital to implement a policy that establishes protocols for hospital staff to follow concerning transportation of a newborn infant if the hospital is unable to provide the necessary care for the newborn infant to another hospital that can provide the care. Requires a hospital, at the time of preregistration by a pregnant woman for maternity care at the hospital, to disclose to the pregnant woman the levels of care that the hospital is able to provide based on a newborn infant's gestational age.

Newborn infants and hospital requirements. Requires a hospital to implement a policy that establishes protocols for hospital staff to follow concerning transportation of a newborn infant if the hospital is unable to provide the necessary care for the newborn infant to another hospital that can provide the care. Requires a hospital, at the time of preregistration by a pregnant woman for maternity care at the hospital, to disclose to the pregnant woman the levels of care that the hospital is able to provide based on a newborn infant's gestational age.

Rep. John Prescott [R]

Rep. Matt Hostettler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-15	House	Representative Hostettler added as coauthor
2019-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2019-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Prescott

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1219/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/5/5/4/2554a8a4/HB1219.01.INTR.pdf