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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2441

Limited medical licenses; revise provisions regarding and create additional limited licenses.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MODIFY THE LIMITED INSTITUTIONAL LICENSURE PROCESS BY AUTHORIZING THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE (BOARD) TO ISSUE A LIMITED INSTITUTIONAL LICENSE FOR THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN STATE INSTITUTIONS TO CERTAIN GRADUATES OF FOREIGN MEDICAL COLLEGES UPON REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION AND UPON THE SATISFACTION OF ALL REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD; TO INCREASE FROM FIVE YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT A LIMITED INSTITUTIONAL LICENSE MAY BE HELD; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ISSUE A LIMITED LICENSE TO CERTAIN INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED PHYSICIANS WITH OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT IN MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ISSUE A LIMITED LICENSE TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO INITIALLY FAIL TO MATCH WITH A POSTGRADUATE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM; TO SET FORTH REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED PHYSICIAN (ITP) AND MEDICAL GRADUATE (MG) LIMITED LICENSES, AND TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF SUCH LIMITED LICENSE HOLDERS; TO PROVIDE THE PERIODS OF TIME FOR WHICH SUCH LIMITED LICENSES MAY BE HELD; TO REQUIRE ITP LIMITED LICENSEES TO PRACTICE ONLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS WITH A CURRENT SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS; TO REQUIRE MG LIMITED LICENSEES TO ENTER INTO A SUPERVISORY PRACTICE AGREEMENT WITH A SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN AND TO REQUIRE MG LICENSEES TO PRACTICE ONLY IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 50,000; 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

Its course

January 19 to March 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 416 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 4Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 4Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 16Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  5. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 4Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 4PassedSenate
  5. Feb 4Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  6. Feb 16Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  7. Feb 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  8. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives