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 2725
Drug prescriptions; require official prescription form issued by the State Board of Pharmacy.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-21-115, 73-21-127 AND 41-29-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE USE OF A MISSISSIPPI OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION FORM ISSUED BY THE STATE FOR USE OF THE PRACTITIONER WHO IS PRESCRIBING DRUGS, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE VENDOR TO DEVELOP AND PRINT THE OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION FORM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION FORM, TO REQUIRE THE PRACTITIONER OR FACILITY TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AND USE THE OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION FORMS, TO REQUIRE REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS OR FACILITIES TO UNDERTAKE SECURITY SAFEGUARDS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT IS A FELONY; 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
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 committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate