l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 1085

County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide free contraceptive supplies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-42-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE FOR A NURSE PRACTITIONER TO BE PRESENT AT EACH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY EACH WEEK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PERSONS WITH CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES AND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES AT NO COST TO THE RECIPIENT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-42-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-42-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES AND INFORMATION TO CERTAIN MINORS; 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Becky Currie

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published