Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2415
Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in person visit; extend repealer on.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-137.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE REPEALER ON THE ACT THAT AUTHORIZES MEDICAL DIRECTORS OF HOSPICES TO PRESCRIBE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR PATIENTS OF THE HOSPICE WITH TERMINAL DISEASE PAIN WITHOUT HAVING AN IN-PERSON FACE-TO-FACE VISIT WITH A PATIENT BEFORE ISSUING A PRESCRIPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-137, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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
January 18 to February 2, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate