Mississippi House Bill 1082 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-13-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When An Owner Of A Community Hospital Wishes To Sell The Hospital Or Lease The Hospital With An Option To Sell It, A Petition Requesting An Election On The Question Of Whether The Owner Should Proceed With The Process Of Seeking Proposals For The Sale Or Lease Of The Hospital May Be Filed With The Clerk Of The Owner; To Provide That If Less Than A Majority Of The Voters In The Election Vote In Favor Of The Question, Then The Owner Is Not Authorized To Sell Or Lease The Hospital; To Provide That If A Majority Of The Voters In The Election Vote In Favor Of The Question, Or If No Such Petition Requesting An Election Is Timely Filed With The Clerk, Then The Owner May Seek Proposals For The Sale Or Lease Of The Hospital And May Sell Or Lease The Hospital To The Respondent Submitting The Highest And Best Proposal After Publishing Notice; And For Related Purposes.

Community hospitals; change time of referendum or proposed sale of by the owner.

Rep. Chris Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1082.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1082IN.htm