l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2709

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power with fuel provisions for 5 days.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-11-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES GOVERNING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICITY AND EMERGENCY POWER SOURCES APPLICABLE TO LICENSED NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A FULLY OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE AND A SUPPLY OF FUEL SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS; TO CLARIFY THAT SUCH EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE POWER FOR PATIENTS RELIANT ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN OR FOR OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES REQUIRING ELECTRICAL POWER AND TO MAINTAIN COMFORTABLE AIR TEMPERATURES FOR RESIDENTS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT ROUTINE, UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICITY AND EMERGENCY POWER SOURCES; TO PROVIDE THAT NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES LICENSED IN MISSISSIPPI SHALL HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING PROMULGATION OF SUCH REGULATIONS BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; 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

4 co-sponsors

Sarita Simmons, Rod Hickman, Joseph Thomas, Hillman Terome Frazier

Its course

January 20 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 20 to Feb 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate