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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2037

"Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order-Bracelet Act"; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER-BRACELET ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO AUTHORIZE A TERMINAL PATIENT TO REQUEST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EXECUTE A "DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES" AND TO PRESCRIBE CONDITIONS THEREON; TO PROVIDE FOR A "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" BRACELET; TO ALLOW A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A PATIENT WHO IS A CHILD TO REQUEST AND REVOKE A "DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER" FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE CHILD; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL WHEN PRESENTED WITH "DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS"; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIRED FORM FOR THE ORDER; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL REGARDING THE "DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER"; TO REQUIRE FULL RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES IN ABSENCE OF THE ORDER OR BRACELET; 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 Senate

Its course

January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 5 · stopped28 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 8 to Feb 5 · stopped28 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 Senate Jan 8 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate