Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2609
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Act; revise and extend repealers relating to.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 41-121-1 THROUGH 41-121-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE "THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMED HEALTH CARE CHOICES ACT"; TO AMEND REENACTED SECTION 41-121-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A MEDICAL DOCTOR OR DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE SHALL NOT HOLD ONESELF OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN ANY MANNER AS BEING CERTIFIED BY A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BOARD UNLESS CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE SATISFIED; TO REQUIRE A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER TO WEAR A PHOTO IDENTIFICATION NAME TAG DURING ALL PATIENT ENCOUNTERS; TO REQUIRE ALL NON-M.D. OR NON-D.O. HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TO CONSPICUOUSLY POST IN HIS OR HER OFFICE THE NAME OF THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN; TO REENACT AND AMEND SECTION 41-121-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON "THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMED HEALTH CARE CHOICES ACT"; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-6-19, 73-9-61, 73-15-29, 73-19-23, 73-21-97, 73-26-5, 73-27-13 AND 73-39-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALERS ON THE PROVISIONS THAT ESTABLISH VIOLATIONS OF "THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMED HEALTH CARE CHOICES ACT" AS SPECIFIC GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST LICENSEES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 17 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 Senate Feb 17 – Mar 3
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate