Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 1116
Medical professionals; authorize to enter into agreements with licensing agencies to provide free services to indigent and needy persons.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE IN GOOD STANDING TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE APPLICABLE LICENSING AGENCY OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING FREE SERVICES TO INDIGENT AND NEEDY PERSONS; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL ACTION FOR THOSE SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HEALTH SERVICES IN THIS STATE THROUGH A SPONSORING ORGANIZATION REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES IMMUNITY TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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
January 15 to January 30, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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 Jan 15 – Jan 30
- Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives