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 148
Hospitals; require to provide certain medical records to other hospitals when transferring patients to them.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-9-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS, WHEN TRANSFERRING PATIENTS TO OTHER HOSPITALS WHERE THE TRANSFERS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, TO PROVIDE TO THE RECEIVING HOSPITALS CERTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THE CONDITIONS FOR WHICH THE PATIENTS WERE RECEIVING TREATMENT AT THE TRANSFERRING HOSPITALS; TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST HOSPITALS THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 7 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 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 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 7 – Mar 6
- Feb 7Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 7Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives