Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2336
Workers' compensation; injured employee may select specialists who provide type of treatment prescribed.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AN INJURED EMPLOYEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELECT THE SPECIALISTS, PRACTITIONERS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF HIS CHOOSING WHO PROVIDE THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT IS PRESCRIBED BY HIS CHOSEN PHYSICIAN; 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 25 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 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 days
InsuranceJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 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.