Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2100
Death certificates; require medical examiners report COVID 19 as cause of death when applicable.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-61-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINES THE DIRECT CAUSE OF DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF CORONAVIRUS 2 OR ANY VIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH OR MUTATED FROM THE VIRUS THAT CAUSED THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19), THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL REPORT THAT THE COVID DISEASE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH ON THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH; 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 12 to February 1, 2022, 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 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 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 12 – Feb 1
- Jan 12Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate