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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 752

Freestanding emergency room; allow to be established near location of a recently closed hospital.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-75-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LICENSURE OF A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM; TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM IN A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH A HOSPITAL PERMANENTLY CLOSED NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE AND IN WHICH THERE IS NO OTHER HOSPITAL; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM MUST BE LOCATED IN THE SAME COUNTY OR THE SAME MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE CLOSED HOSPITAL WAS LOCATED; 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

February 10 to June 9, 2020, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 524 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 10 to Feb 2717 days

In the SenateMar 5 to Jun 9 · stopped96 days

Public Health and WelfareMay 12 to Jun 9 · 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 House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 10Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 5Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 9 – Jun 9

  1. Mar 9Sent to the Senate
  2. May 12Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Jun 9Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 10Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 5Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. May 12Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  7. Jun 9Died In CommitteeSenate