Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 29
HPV vaccination; require for females to enter sixth grade, and provide Medicaid and health insurance coverage for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FEMALE CHILDREN MUST BE VACCINATED AGAINST THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) BEFORE THEY MAY ENROLL IN AND ATTEND THE SIXTH GRADE AT ANY SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR HPV VACCINATIONS FOR WOMEN WHO ARE AT LEAST NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 83-9-34.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS THAT ARE ISSUED OR RENEWED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2009, TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HPV FOR EACH FEMALE CHILD OF THE INSURED WHO IS AT LEAST NINE YEARS OF AGE BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 21 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 21 to Feb 19 · stopped29 days
MedicaidJan 21 to Feb 19 · stopped29 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 21 – Feb 19
- Jan 21Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Medicaid;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives