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 2655
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ESTABLISH THE WISEWOMAN PROGRAM AND THE WISEMAN PROGRAM, THE PURPOSES AND GOALS OF WHICH ARE TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCES OF CERTAIN CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG MISSISSIPPIANS THROUGH EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND EARLY SCREENING AND DETECTION; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT, IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROGRAMS, TO CONTRACT WITH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CLINICS OR AGENCIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN REDUCING INCIDENCES OF THOSE CHRONIC DISEASES THROUGH EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND EARLY SCREENING AND DETECTION; TO DIRECT THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE NOT LESS THAN A CERTAIN SUM ANNUALLY FROM THE HEALTH CARE EXPENDABLE FUND TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO BE EXPENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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
- Feb 4Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate