l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 539

Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE DIALYSIS TREATMENT TO PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE TO MAINTAIN A BACKUP POWER SUPPLY OR SYSTEM FOR THE DIALYSIS MACHINES THAT ARE OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO CONTINUE THE OPERATION OF THE MACHINES DURING A FULL POWER FAILURE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL MONITOR THE FACILITIES AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; 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

Omeria Scott, Robert E. Huddleston

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2013, 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 RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published