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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2754

Hospice licensure; authorize eligible participants who have not been given a terminally ill diagnosis if approved by CMMS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 11, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-85-3, 41-85-7, 41-85-11 AND 41-85-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MAY AUTHORIZE HOSPICE LICENSEES TO PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT TERMINALLY ILL BUT WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM PALLIATIVE CARE AND SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES, IF SUCH EXPANSION OF THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE HOSPICE SERVICES IS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; 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

Its course

January 18 to February 11, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 11 · stopped24 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 18 to Jan 279 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 11

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published