Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2418
"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI FREE HEALTH CLINIC VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND FREE CLINICS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR CONTRACTS BETWEEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND FREE CLINICS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF FREE CLINICS WITH THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING SERVICES TO FREE CLINICS UNDER SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE DEEMED GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES WITH LIABILITY IMMUNITY PROTECTION UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI TORT CLAIMS ACT; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO PATIENTS AND RECIPIENTS OF SERVICES AT FREE CLINICS; TO PROVIDE THAT FREE CLINICS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR THE COST OF SUCH IMMUNITY UNDER THE TORT CLAIMS ACT; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 11-46-1 AND 73-25-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-15-5 AND 73-25-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO DISPENSE MEDICATION TO PATIENTS IN A FREE CLINIC SETTING; TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-129, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE DRUG MANUFACTURERS TO DONATE DRUGS TO FREE CLINICS UP TO ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE LABELED EXPIRATION DATE; 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 12 to February 1, 2011, 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 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 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 12 – Feb 1
- Jan 12Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate