l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 403

No Patient Left Alone Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT MINOR AND ADULT PATIENTS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE A VISITOR WITH VISITATION RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN VISITATION POLICIES; TO AUTHORIZE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO MANDATE CERTAIN SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND TO REVOKE VISITATION RIGHTS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY; TO PROHIBIT THE TERMINATION, SUSPENSION OR WAIVER OF VISITATION RIGHTS BY CERTAIN PARTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS TO THESE RIGHTS; TO PROHIBIT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FROM REQUIRING PATIENTS WAIVE CERTAIN RIGHTS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP CERTAIN INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO FINE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS 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.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Kevin Felsher, Dana McLean, Carolyn Crawford, Jeff Hale

Its course

January 10 to March 4, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 526 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 10 to Jan 2818 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 4 · stopped27 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 4 · 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 10 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 5Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 6Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 5Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 6Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate