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 977
Suicide; require a mandatory 72-hour hold of persons who attempt by a licensed medical facility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN A PERSON ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE, THE LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR PSYCHOLOGIST WHO EXAMINES THE PERSON SHALL HOLD THE PERSON FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS; TO PROVIDE FOR PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING AND A CLINICAL EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE MEDICINAL TREATMENT OF THE PERSON; TO REQUIRE THE PERSON BE TREATED AS AN EMERGENCY PATIENT AT ANY LICENSED MEDICAL FACILITY, AVAILABLE REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, OR CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER; 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
February 4 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 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 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 4 – Feb 19
- Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives