Mississippi House Bill 1259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 87-3-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Powers Of Attorney That Are Made Effective Upon A Future Event In The Uniform Durable Power Of Attorney Act; To Provide That The Principal May Authorize A Person To Determine If The Future Event Has Occurred; To Authorize Certain Persons To Determine Whether The Principal Is Incapacitated; To Authorize Persons That The Principal Designated To Determine Their Incapacity To Act As Their Personal Representative For Purposes Of Certain Health Care Information Laws; To Amend Section 87-3-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Powers Of Attorney That Are Made Effective Upon A Future Event In The Definition Of Durable Power Of Attorney For The Purposes Of The Uniform Durable Power Of Attorney Act; And For Related Purposes.

Power of attorney; authorize to become effective upon a future event.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1259.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1259IN.htm