Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2090
Hospital Infections Disclosure Act of 2008; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "HOSPITAL INFECTIONS DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2008"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO EMPOWER AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO REQUIRE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITIES TO COLLECT AND PROVIDE STATISTICAL QUARTERLY REPORTS ON HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION RATES FOR SPECIFIC CLINICAL PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT IN DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY FOR SAID REPORTS; TO PROVIDE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY; TO PROVIDE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SAID REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-9-15, 41-75-11 AND 41-9-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 14 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 SenateJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 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 Senate Jan 14 – Feb 19
- Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate