Mississippi House Bill 1165 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "physician Protection Act Of 2018"; To Create The Positions Of Hearing Officers For The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To State The Policy Concerning The Duties Of The Hearing Officers; To Provide That Hearing Officers Will Review Cases From The Last Three Years To Correct Actions Of The Board; To Require All Members Of The Board To Annually Obtain Six Hours Of Training In Judicial And Disciplinary Process; To Amend Sections 73-25-27, 73-25-28, 73-25-29, 73-25-30 And 73-25-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Attorney General's Office Will Appoint Three Impartial Hearing Officers To Conduct Disciplinary Hearings In Lieu Of The Board; To Authorize Medical Licensees To Have Their Disciplinary Matters Heard By A Hearing Officer Rather Than The Board; To Provide That Licensees May Accept Responsibility For The Allegations While Retaining The Right To A Hearing And Appeal; To Increase The Standard Of Proof To Clear And Convincing Evidence In Order To Find A Licensee Guilty Of An Offense; To Provide That The Executive Director Of The Board Will Affirm Or Reject The Hearing Officer's Determination; And For Related Purposes.

Physician Protection Act of 2018; create.

Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1165.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1165IN.htm