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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2817

Department of Corrections; authorize the provision of hospice care services to inmates with a terminal illness.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 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 Senate

1 co-sponsor

Sarita Simmons

Its course

January 17 to March 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 action6 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 216 days

CorrectionsJan 17 to Jan 269 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 1 · stopped27 days

CorrectionsFeb 3 to Mar 1 · stopped26 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 17 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 2Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 3Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To CorrectionsSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 2PassedSenate
  4. Feb 3Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 3Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives