l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 722

Investigational drugs; authorize physicians to prescribe to certain eligible terminally ill patients.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "RIGHT TO TRY ACT"; TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED PHYSICIANS TO PRESCRIBE OR RECOMMEND CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS OR DEVICES TO CERTAIN ELIGIBLE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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

6 co-sponsors

Carolyn Crawford, Deborah Butler Dixon, Alyce G. Clarke, Dennis DeBar, Jr., Randy P. Boyd, Omeria Scott

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2015, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1022 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 19 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 10Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 11Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate