l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2653

Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE OR VETERINARY SERVICES WHILE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS IN EFFECT; TO PROVIDE A VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER REGISTRATION SYSTEM UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE FOR INTERSTATE LICENSURE RECOGNITION FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS; TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO ADHERE TO SCOPE OF PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS; TO CLARIFY THE EFFECT OF RECEIVING COMPENSATION ON THE VOLUNTEER STATUS OF THOSE PRACTITIONERS; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE RULES TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE LIABILITY LIMITATIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-9-1, 73-10-7, 73-15-3, 73-19-3, 73-21-83, 73-22-3, 73-23-35, 73-25-1, 73-25-35, 73-26-3, 73-30-25, 73-31-27, 73-39-59, 41-9-7, 41-59-9, 41-59-33, 41-75-5 AND 43-11-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSURE STATUTES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

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 SenateFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 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 Senate Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate