Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1170
Nurse practitioners; specify practice setting in which not required to be within certain distance of physician's office.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFY THE TYPES OF SETTINGS IN WHICH CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS MAY PRACTICE UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED PHYSICIAN UNDER A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE WITHOUT A REQUIREMENT TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE PRIMARY OFFICE OF THE COLLABORATIVE PHYSICIAN; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PROPOSED WRITTEN PRACTICE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PRACTICE OF A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN IN A MANAGED CARE SETTING FOR MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES IS DENIED BY THE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE, THE CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DECISION DISAPPROVING THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT TO THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID, AND THE DIVISION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PRACTICE OF THE CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives