Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2243
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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 23 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 SenateJan 23 to Mar 6 · stopped43 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 23 to Mar 6 · stopped43 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 23 – Mar 6
- Jan 23Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 23Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate