Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2754
Pre-surgical Blood Alcohol Test (BAT); State Board of Health promulgate regulations requiring.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING LICENSED PHYSICIANS TO CONDUCT A PRE-SURGICAL BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST ON ALL PATIENTS AS A STANDARD PROTOCOL, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PATIENT MUST GIVE WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TEST RESULTS SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO FEDERAL HIPPA REGULATIONS, TO REQUIRE DOCUMENTED TRAINING OF MEDICAL STAFF TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOL DELIRIUM TREMENS (DTS) OF POST-SURGICAL PATIENTS AND THE USE OF NECESSARY MEDICATIONS FOR DETOXIFICATION AT THE MEDICAL FACILITY; 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
Sponsor
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
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate