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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2782

Mississippi volunteer medical care to indigent persons; provide licensure standards and immunity from liability.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-25-18, 73-25-19 AND 73-25-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR VOLUNTARY CARE PROVIDED WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO INDIGENT OR NEEDY PERSONS; TO ALLOW MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY CARE WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO INDIGENT OR NEEDY PERSONS TO RECEIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT FOR EACH 60 MINUTES OF QUALIFYING CARE PROVIDED; TO PROVIDE THAT NONRESIDENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LICENSED BY ANY STATE, TERRITORY, DISTRICT, OR POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES MAY PROVIDE TEMPORARY VOLUNTARY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THIS STATE WITHOUT COMPENSATION THROUGH A SPONSORING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR NONRESIDENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE TEMPORARY VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH A SPONSORING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; 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 Senate

Its course

February 8 to March 22, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 2517 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 8 to Feb 179 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Mar 22 · stopped26 days

Public Health and Human ServicesMar 14 to Mar 22 · stopped8 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 8 – Feb 25

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 17Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 25Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amendment failed in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 26 – Mar 22

  1. Feb 26Sent to the House
  2. Mar 14Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  3. Mar 22Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 17Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 25Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 25Amendment FailedSenate
  5. Feb 25PassedSenate
  6. Feb 26Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Mar 14Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 22Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives