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 675
Hospices; patient must be informed before admission that Medicare coverage for hospice services is subject to maximum lifetime limits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-85-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT BEFORE A PATIENT MAY BE ADMITTED TO A HOSPICE PROGRAM, THE PATIENT MUST HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF TERMINAL ILLNESS, THE HOSPICE MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S FAMILY EXPLAINING THAT MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR HOSPICE SERVICES IS A ONE-TIME BENEFIT, LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS AND A MAXIMUM MONETARY AMOUNT DURING THE PATIENT'S LIFETIME, AND THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S FAMILY MUST SIGN THE NOTIFICATION; 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
3 co-sponsors
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
- Feb 1Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary B
- Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 1Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives