l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 108

Nursing education; require community colleges to offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Universities and Colleges Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT AN ONLINE PROGRAM OF NURSING EDUCATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE STATE TO ALLOW LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES TO RECEIVE THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING TO OBTAIN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO EXPEND MONIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING FUND TO DEFRAY THE COST OF ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE ONLINE PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days

Universities and CollegesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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 3 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committees on Universities and Colleges and on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Universities and Colleges;Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives