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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2549

Radiologist assistants; revise licensure qualifications for and authorize preliminary interpretation report with initial observations.

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 41-58-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE LICENSURE QUALIFICATIONS FOR RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS; TO AUTHORIZE A RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANT TO NOTIFY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TREATING THE PATIENT THAT THE ORDERED IMAGING PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED; TO PROVIDE THAT A RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANT MAY ONLY COMMUNICATE HIS OR HER INITIAL OBSERVATIONS TO THE RADIOLOGIST; TO AUTHORIZE A RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANT TO COMMUNICATE THE RADIOLOGIST'S FINAL OR PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION TO OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 517 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 5

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 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Feb 6Sent to the House
  3. Feb 13Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  4. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 5Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 5Immediate ReleaseSenate
  6. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 13Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives