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 2761
Practice of optometry; require the State Board of Optometry to define with certain exceptions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY TO DEFINE THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS THAT OPTOMETRISTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXAMINE, DIAGNOSE AND MANAGE; TO PROVIDE THAT AN OPTOMETRIST MAY UTILIZE LOCAL ANESTHESIA IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE THAT NO OPTOMETRIST SHALL PERFORM CATARACT SURGERY OR ANY OTHER SURGERY THAT REQUIRES GENERAL ANESTHESIA; TO PROVIDE THAT AN OPTOMETRIST MAY PERFORM LASER CAPSULOTOMIES IF HE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY TO PERFORM OPTOMETRIC LASER PROCEDURES; TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS OPTOMETRISTS TO USE PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS IN THEIR PRACTICE; TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-157, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE OPTOMETRISTS THE AUTHORITY TO USE AND PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICATIONS; 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