Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2469
Medical records; prohibit health care facilities from withholding from parents the records of their minor children.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-10-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR ITS AGENT(S), OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, OR MEDICAL STAFF OF A SCHOOL SHALL NOT WITHHOLD MEDICAL RECORDS FROM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE OR REQUIRE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO RECEIVE THE CONSENT OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL RECORDS; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY BRING SUIT FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 16 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 SenateFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 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 Feb 16 – Mar 5
- Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate