l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1174

Department of Corrections; authorize to provide for hospice care services to inmates with a terminal illness.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 1, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE FOR HOSPICE CARE SERVICES FOR INMATES WHO ARE CONFINED IN FACILITIES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WHO ARE TERMINALLY ILL; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THOSE HOSPICE CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY PROPERLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OR TO CONTRACT FOR THE PROVIDING OF THE HOSPICE CARE SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES THE HOSPICE CARE SERVICES WITH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI HOSPICE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 41-85-5, 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

2 co-sponsors

Otis Anthony, Bo Brown

Its course

January 18 to April 1, 2021, 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 action19 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 417 days

CorrectionsJan 18 to Jan 279 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 428 days

CorrectionsFeb 18 to Mar 111 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to Apr 1 · stopped28 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 4

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 18 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Apr 1

  1. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  4. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  5. Conferees named in the House: Horan, Bain and Currie
  6. Conferees named in the Senate: Barnett, Wiggins and Blackwell
  7. Conference report filed in the Senate
  8. Conference report filed in the House
  9. Conference report adopted in the House
  10. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
  11. Died in conference in the House
All 19 actions, as published