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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2705

Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE RANDOM NICOTINE TESTING FOR ANY PERSON RECEIVING MEDICAID ASSISTANCE BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH PERSON WHOSE TEST RESULTS ARE POSITIVE REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF NICOTINE SHALL SHOW PROOF OF PARTICIPATION IN A TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAM OR SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE MEDICAID BENEFITS FOR ONE YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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

16 co-sponsors

Lee Yancey, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Billy Hudson, Michael Watson, Terry W. Brown, Giles Ward, Merle Flowers, Terry C. Burton, Doug E. Davis, Gary Jackson, Perry Lee, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Eugene S. Clarke, Joey Fillingane, Walter Michel, Tommy Dickerson

Its course

January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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 Jan 16 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate