Mississippi House Bill 209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Creation And Judicial Validation Of A Gestational Agreement Between A Gestational Mother And The Intended Parents Of A Child; To Define The Term "gestational Mother"; To Provide That Under A Gestational Agreement, A Woman Agrees To Relinquish All Parental Rights To A Child Conceived By Assisted Reproduction And The Intended Parents Become The Parents, In Fact, Of The Child; To Declare The Parent-child Relationship Of A Child Who Is Born To A Gestational Mother; To Prescribe The Requirements Of A Gestational Agreement; To Authorize Gestational Agreements To Be Validated By A Court Upon Certain Findings Being Made; To Declare That Records Relating To The Validation Of Gestational Agreements Are Confidential; To Provide That The Court Has Continuing Jurisdiction Over Matters Relating To A Gestational Agreement Until After The Child Is Born; To Authorize Parties To Terminate The Agreement; To Require The Court To Vacate The Order Validating The Gestational Agreement Upon Receiving Notice Of Its Termination By A Party; To Require A Court Receiving Notice Of A Child's Birth To Enter An Order Requiring The Gestational Mother To Relinquish The Child, If Necessary, And Requiring The Birth Certificate To Indicate That The Intended Parents Are The Child's Parents; To Provide That If A Gestational Mother Marries After A Gestational Agreement Has Been Validated, The Spouse Is Not Presumed To Be The Child's Father; To Declare That Gestational Agreements Not Validated By A Court Are Unenforceable; To Require Health Care Facilities In The State Where Assisted Reproduction Procedures Are Performed Under Gestational Agreements To Report Certain Statistics To The State Board Of Health; And For Related Purposes.

Gestational agreements; authorize gestational mother and intended parents to create and seek court's validation of.

Rep. Jansen Owen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-15	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0209.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0209IN.htm