l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 309

No Patient Left Alone Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2026.

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 TO 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

Its course

January 8 to February 3, 2026, 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 RepresentativesJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 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 8 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 8Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives