Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1601
Prescriptions drugs; prohibit licensing boards from prohibiting practitioners from prescribing for off-label use.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF NURSING FROM ADOPTING ANY RULE OR POLICY OR TAKING ANY OTHER ACTION THAT PROHIBITS PHYSICIANS OR ADVANCE PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES FROM PRESCRIBING DRUGS OR MEDICATIONS FOR OFF-LABEL USE; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY FROM ADOPTING ANY RULE OR POLICY OR TAKING ANY OTHER ACTION THAT PROHIBITS PHARMACISTS FROM FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN BY LICENSED PRACTITIONERS FOR OFF-LABEL USE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives