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 976
Podiatric medicine and podiatrist; revise defintion of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-27-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE TO INCLUDE TREATMENT OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE AND THEIR GOVERNING AND RELATED STRUCTURES; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PODIATRIST TO MEAN A PHYSICIAN WHO ENGAGES IN THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE; TO AUTHORIZE PODIATRISTS TO PERFORM CONSERVATIVE AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE AND THEIR GOVERNING AND RELATED STRUCTURES AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING DETERMINED TO BE SUFFICIENT BY THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AT A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD; 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 6 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 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 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 6 – Mar 5
- Feb 6Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 6Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives