Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 79
Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PRESCRIBED OXYCONTIN (OXYCODONE) UNITS TO ANY PATIENT IN EXCESS OF SEVENTY-FIVE UNITS PER PRESCRIPTION; 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
5 co-sponsors
Bo Brown, Oscar Denton, Rufus Straughter, Kenneth Walker, Percy W. Watson
Its course
January 24 to March 3, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 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 24 – Mar 3
- Jan 24Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Drug Policy
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 24Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives