l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 595

Multidrug-resistant organisms; require Health Department to perform certain functions to prevent and control.

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.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISMS (MDROS); TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT REQUIRE THE FACILITIES TO PERFORM AN ANNUAL INFECTION CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT, DEVELOP INFECTION CONTROL POLICIES FOR MDROS AND ENFORCE HAND HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL MDROS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES THAT REQUIRE HOSPITALS TO PERFORM AN ANNUAL FACILITY-WIDE INFECTION CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT AND ENFORCE HAND HYGIENE AND CONTACT PRECAUTION REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES FOR FACILITIES SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH THAT REQUIRE THE FACILITIES TO IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL MDROS; 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

Its course

February 1 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 RepresentativesFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 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 Feb 1 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 1Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 1Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives