l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 375

Needle exchange programs; authorize county health departments to operate with consent of local governments.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO OPERATE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO EXCHANGE HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND SYRINGES, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND COUNTY IN WHICH THE PROGRAM WOULD OPERATE; TO PROVIDE THAT ITEMS EXCHANGED AT THE PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW WHILE LOCATED AT THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ADMIT TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE PRESENCE OF A NEEDLE OR OTHER SHARP OBJECT BEFORE A SEARCH OF THE PERSON, THE PERSON'S PREMISES, OR THE PERSON'S VEHICLE, SHALL NOT BE CHARGED WITH OR PROSECUTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE NEEDLE OR SHARP OBJECT OR FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FOR RESIDUAL OR TRACE DRUG AMOUNTS PRESENT ON THE NEEDLE OR SHARP OBJECT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-153, 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

Its course

January 5 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 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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 5 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives