l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1115

Hospice; exempt from regulation of licensing agency that requires prescribers of controlled substances for pain to have in-person visit with patients.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO EXEMPT LICENSED HOSPICES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ANY RULE OR REGULATION OF A LICENSING AGENCY THAT REQUIRES PRESCRIBERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR PATIENTS OF THE HOSPICE WITH A TERMINAL PROGNOSIS FOR TERMINAL DISEASE PAIN TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON FACE-TO-FACE VISIT WITH THE PATIENT BEFORE ISSUING THE PRESCRIPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-137, 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

3 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, Debra Gibbs, Gregory Holloway, Sr.

Its course

January 15 to February 27, 2018, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 117 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 15 to Jan 238 days

In the SenateFeb 1 to Feb 27 · stopped26 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 16 to Feb 27 · stopped11 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 15 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 2 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 2Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 23Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 1PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 2Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  6. Feb 27Died In CommitteeSenate