Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 1073
State institutions; patients admitted for less than three months not required to pay social security disability benefits to the institution.
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 THREE 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 THREE MONTHS, OR A PATIENT WHO IS ADMITTED TO A STATE INSTITUTION WITH THE EXPECTATION OF REMAINING THERE FOR MORE THAN THREE 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.
Its course
February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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 House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human Services;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives