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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 703

ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.

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.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT BEFORE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY PRESCRIBE ANY MEDICATION TO TREAT ADD OR ADHD IN A CHILD, THE PROVIDER MUST HAVE A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL STATING THAT THE CHILD NEEDS OR WOULD BENEFIT FROM TAKING THE MEDICATION, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COUNSELING TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD ABOUT THE ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSES FROM ADMINISTERING TO ANY STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL ANY MEDICATIONS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED TO TREAT ADD OR ADHD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-14-3 AND 41-79-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Omeria Scott

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

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Education
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Public Health and Human Services;EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives