Establishes the "Missouri Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act"

HB 255, the "Missouri Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act," requires hospitals and clinics providing pregnancy-related care to implement mandatory implicit bias training for all staff involved in perinatal care. The training must cover identifying unconscious biases, understanding historical exclusion, cultural competence, health inequities, and reproductive justice. Facilities must provide initial training and biennial refreshers, with data tracking on severe maternal morbidity (like hemorrhage or hypertension) and pregnancy-related deaths published every three years, disaggregated by race and ethnicity. This directly affects Missouri healthcare facilities, providers, and patients receiving care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum.