Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2759
Rural hospital transfer to major hospital; prescribe certain conditions on such transfer when doctor deems medically necessary.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-9-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PATIENT OF A RURAL HOSPITAL SHALL BE ADMITTED TO A MAJOR HOSPITAL WHEN A DOCTOR OF SUCH RURAL HOSPITAL DEEMS IT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO TRANSFER SUCH PATIENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF A MAJOR HOSPITAL; THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL PRESCRIBE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE WHAT SITUATIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED MEDICALLY NECESSARY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT MUST CONSIDER IN ADOPTING SUCH RULES; 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 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate