l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 604

Food service employees; require physical exam and blood test and verifying health certificate every four years.

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 AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO REQUIRE THAT EACH FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE OF ANY COMMERCIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL RECEIVE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST, AND OBTAIN A HEALTH CERTIFICATE VERIFYING THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND THE BLOOD TEST, BEFORE BEGINNING EMPLOYMENT AND ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS DURING HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BLOOD TEST SHALL BE TO DETECT THOSE COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT MAY BE SPREAD DURING THE PREPARATION, HANDLING OR SERVING OF FOOD OR DRINK; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE SHALL STATE THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST AND THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT A CARRIER OF ANY SUCH COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE; 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