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2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2851

State mental institutions; patients admitted less than 6 months not required to pay social security disability to the institution.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PATIENT RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS WHO IS ADMITTED TO A STATE INSTITUTION WITH THE EXPECTATION OF REMAINING THERE FOR SIX MONTHS OR LESS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY OF THOSE DISABILITY BENEFITS TO THE INSTITUTION FOR THE COST OF THE PATIENT'S CARE AND MAINTENANCE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN IN THE INSTITUTION FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR A PATIENT WHO IS ADMITTED TO A STATE MENTAL INSTITUTION WITH THE EXPECTATION OF REMAINING THERE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY ALL OR PART OF THOSE DISABILITY BENEFITS TO THE INSTITUTION FOR THE COST OF THE PATIENT'S CARE AND MAINTENANCE; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE PATIENT HAS ANY REGULAR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INSTITUTION, THE INSTITUTION SHALL ALLOW THE PATIENT TO KEEP THE AMOUNT OF THE DISABILITY BENEFITS NEEDED BY THE PATIENT TO PAY THOSE EXPENSES, AND MAY REQUIRE THE PATIENT TO PAY ANY REMAINDER OF THE DISABILITY BENEFITS TO THE INSTITUTION; TO REQUIRE STATE INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH THOSE PATIENTS RECEIVE CARE AND MAINTENANCE TO MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE PATIENT'S DISABILITY BENEFITS PAID TO THE INSTITUTION WAS SPENT FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PATIENT; 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

Its course

January 18 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate