l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 58

Bill of Rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.

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.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT RIGHTS AND TREATMENT; TO REQUIRE COURTEOUS TREATMENT; TO REQUIRE APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE AND FREEDOM FROM MALTREATMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF THE PHYSICIAN'S IDENTITY; TO PROVIDE FOR PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING TREATMENT AND NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE CARE; TO PROVIDE FOR COMMUNICATION PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS OF TREATMENT; TO PROVIDE A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE; TO PROVIDE A RIGHT TO ASSOCIATE; TO PROVIDE FOR ADVISORY COUNCILS; TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES; TO SET STANDARDS FOR ISOLATION AND RESTRAINTS; 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

Its course

February 3 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 3 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 3 to Mar 6 · stopped32 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 3 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 3Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary A
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 3Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives