Mississippi House Bill 1110 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-75-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Freestanding Emergency Room To Include Rural Emergency Hospitals; To Provide That In Order To Be Eligible For Licensure, The Emergency Rooms And Hospitals Shall Be Located At Least 15 Miles From The Nearest Hospital-based Emergency Room In Any Rural Community Which The Federal Cmms Has Designated As A Medically Underserved Area In A County Without An Emergency Hospital That Is Open 24 Hours A Day And The Owner Or Manager Is A Hospital Operator Of An Existing Rural Mississippi Hospital At The Time Of Licensure; To Bring Forward Section 41-75-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Freestanding emergency room; revise definition to include rural emergency hospital and specify other criteria.

Rep. Jody Steverson [R]

Rep. Mark Tullos [R]

Rep. Jon Lancaster [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	75	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	75	13	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1110.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1110IN.htm