Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Drug Policy Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2563
Mississippi Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-29-319, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG DIVERSION ACT; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPUTERIZED PROGRAM TO TRACK CERTAIN PRESCRIPTIONS, AND INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED ABUSE AND MISUSE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; TO CONTROL ACCESS TO COLLECTED DATA; TO PROVIDE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY; TO ENACT PENALTIES FOR KNOWINGLY FAILING TO SUBMIT OR SUBMITTING INCORRECT DISPENSING INFORMATION; TO REPEAL SECTION 73-21-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, A COMPUTERIZED PROGRAM DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO TRACK PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE AND MISUSE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; 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
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 SenateFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Drug PolicyFeb 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 Senate Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division B
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate