l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 29

Emergency contraception; require prescription to dispense to persons under 18 years old.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE DISPENSED OR SOLD TO PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD ONLY UPON THE PRESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, EXCEPT WHEN DISPENSED DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON BY THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DISPENSING AND SALE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN PHARMACIES TO ENSURE THAT EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IS NOT DISPENSED OR SOLD TO PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION; 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

January 7 to February 4, 2014, 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 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 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 7 – Feb 4

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