l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 779

Child Death Review Panel; require to report all child deaths to Department of Child Protection Services and law enforcement.

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.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-111-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ALL CHILD DEATHS THAT ARE REPORTED TO THE CHILD DEATH REVIEW PANEL BE PROMPTLY REPORTED BY THE REVIEW PANEL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR AGENCIES FOR INVESTIGATION; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-61-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD DEATHS BY MEDICAL EXAMINERS BE REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEATH INVESTIGATION; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-261, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO PROMPTLY REPORT ALL CHILD DEATHS TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR AGENCIES FOR INVESTIGATION; 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 11 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 11 to Jan 30 · stopped19 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 11 to Jan 30 · stopped19 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 11 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 11Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives