l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1537

ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT BEFORE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY PRESCRIBE ANY MEDICATION TO TREAT ADD OR ADHD IN A CHILD, THE PROVIDER MUST HAVE A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL STATING THAT THE CHILD NEEDS OR WOULD BENEFIT FROM TAKING THE MEDICATION, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COUNSELING TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD ABOUT THE ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSES FROM ADMINISTERING TO ANY STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL ANY MEDICATIONS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED TO TREAT ADD OR ADHD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-14-3 AND 41-79-5, 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

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives