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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 899

Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED "THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMED HEALTH CARE CHOICES ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO REGULATE AND PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS' ADVERTISEMENT PRACTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-21-97, 73-25-29, 73-26-5, 73-27-13, 73-15-29, 73-19-23, 73-6-19 AND 73-39-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE VIOLATIONS OF DECEPTIVE ADVERTISEMENT BY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AS SPECIFIC GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST LICENSEES; 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

2 co-sponsors

Brad Mayo, Jeffrey C. Smith

Its course

February 20 to April 3, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 1322 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Feb 288 days

In the SenateMar 13 to Apr 3 · stopped21 days

Public Health and WelfareMar 16 to Apr 3 · stopped18 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 13

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 13Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 15 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 15Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 13Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 13PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 15Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  7. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate