Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 263
Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO REPORT CASES OF SUSPECTED ABUSE UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI VULNERABLE ADULTS ACT AND HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO SUSPECT THAT AN ADULT HAS DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ABUSE, MUST REPORT THAT FACT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER; TO REQUIRE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES TO REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER ALL DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF THE FACILITY; TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS TO REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER ALL DEATHS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOSPITAL WHO WERE RESIDENTS OF A LONG-TERM FACILITY WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF ENTERING THE HOSPITAL; TO AMEND SECTION 43-47-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 25 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 25 – Feb 19
- Jan 25Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 25Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives