Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2579
Qualified circulating nurse in each operating room; require for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-9-17 AND 41-75-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL REQUIRE HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITIES TO HAVE A QUALIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRESENT AS A CIRCULATING NURSE IN EACH SEPARATE OPERATING ROOM AND EACH SEPARATE INVASIVE PROCEDURE ROOM FOR THE DURATION OF THE OPERATIVE PROCEDURE; 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
January 14 to February 2, 2010, 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 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 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 14 – Feb 2
- Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate