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BIRTH

Birth centers, see BIRTH CENTERS

Birth certificates, see Birth records under BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

Birth date, false, drivers, giving to peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 171.22

Birth in Minnesota, MFIP eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.12

Births to minor parents, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.03

Complaints, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2026 214.07

Concealing, Minn. Statutes 2026 617.22

Costs, child support payments used for, Minn. Statutes 2026 257.66

Definitions, Human Rights Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 363A.03

Employment accommodation for, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.944

Evidence, births occurring outside an institution, registration, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215

Failure or refusal to prevent, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.424

Foreign states, residents, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Labor and delivery

Birth centers, see BIRTH CENTERS

Certified midwives, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.0625

Cesarean sections, medical assistance recipients, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.0625

Designated support persons, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.651

Doula services, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.1461, 148.995 to 148.997, 256B.0625, 256B.758

Elective inductions, medical assistance recipients, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.0625

EMTs, training, certification, Minn. Statutes 2026 144E.28

Inpatient hospital payment system, see under INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES

Maternal death or serious disability, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.7065

Medical assistance payment rates, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.969, 256B.0625, 256B.756, 256B.758

Postpartum contraceptives, medical assistance recipients, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.969

Live births resulting from abortion, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.423

Medical assistance

Childbirth program, evidence-based, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.0625

Payment rates, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.0625, 256B.756, 256B.758

Outcomes

Public education and information programs, Minn. Statutes 2026 62J.04

Public health goals, Minn. Statutes 2026 62J.212

Persons present at, certificates and certification, births occurring outside an institution, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215

Postpartum depression

Anti-racism and implicit bias training, health care providers, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.1461

Maternal mental health awareness month, Minn. Statutes 2026 10.584

Public education and information programs, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.906, 145.908

Screening and treatment, grant program, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.908

Premature birth

Causing, assault of an unborn child, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.2671

Direct adoptive placement, emergency preadoptive custody orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.47

Prepaid health plans, coverage, see PREPAID HEALTH PLANS

Public education and information programs, birth outcomes, Minn. Statutes 2026 62J.04

Records, see BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

Reports about, labor and delivery, adverse health care events, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.7065

Sex, defined as including birth, Minn. Statutes 2026 363A.03

Stillbirth

Anatomical gifts, Minn. Statutes 2026 525A.02

Records of, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Unfair discriminatory practices, labor and employment, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 363A.08

Unpaid leave, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.940, 181.941

Wrongful birth, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.424