2009 Regular Session

House Bill 64

Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO REPORT CASES OF SUSPECTED ABUSE UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI VULNERABLE ADULTS ACT AND HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO SUSPECT THAT AN ADULT HAS DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ABUSE, MUST REPORT THAT FACT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER; TO REQUIRE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES TO REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER ALL DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF THE FACILITY; TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS TO REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER ALL DEATHS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOSPITAL WHO WERE RESIDENTS OF A LONG-TERM FACILITY WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF ENTERING THE HOSPITAL; TO AMEND SECTION 43-47-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 6 to February 3, 2009, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 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 House of Representatives Jan 6 – Feb 3

Jan 6Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
Feb 3Died in committee in the House

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 6Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives