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 82
Acupuncturists; allow to treat patients without written referral or prescription from physician subject to certain conditions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-71-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONER TO HAVE A WRITTEN REFERRAL OR PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHYSICIAN BEFORE THE PRACTITIONER MAY PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE ON A PATIENT, AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONER TO PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE PATIENT'S REFERRING OR PRESCRIBING PHYSICIAN; TO AUTHORIZE ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONERS TO PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE ON A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR DENTIST FOR THE CONDITION BEING TREATED WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE DATE ACUPUNCTURE IS PERFORMED ON THE PERSON, AND TO PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE ON A PERSON WHO WAS REFERRED BY A CHIROPRACTOR IF THE ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONER BEGINS THE TREATMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE REFERRAL; TO AUTHORIZE ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONERS TO PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE ON A PERSON FOR SMOKING ADDICTION, WEIGHT LOSS, CHRONIC PAIN, ALCOHOLISM OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE WITHOUT AN EVALUATION OR A REFERRAL FROM A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR CHIROPRACTOR, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 73-71-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH SETS OUT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN OF AN ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONER; 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