Mississippi House Bill 294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-22 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-137.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Repealer On The Section That Authorizes Medical Directors Of Hospices To Prescribe Controlled Substances For Patients Of The Hospice For Terminal Disease Pain Without Having An In-person Face-to-face Visit With A Patient Before Issuing A Prescription; To Amend Section 41-29-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; To Amend Section 41-85-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Issue Up To Two New Pediatric Palliative Care Hospice Licenses During A Certain Period Of Time; To Require That At Least One Of The New Hospice Licenses Be Issued To An Applicant That Is Located Within The Second United States Congressional District; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Moratorium On The Issuance Of New Hospice Licenses; And For Related Purposes.

Hospices; delete repealer on authority for prescribing certain drugs without in-person visit with a patient.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Scott Bounds [R]

2021-03-11 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-08 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-22		Approved by Governor
2021-03-16	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2021-03-16	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2021-03-15	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2021-03-11	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Mims, McGee)
2021-03-11	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2021-03-09	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2021-03-08	Senate	Passed As Amended
2021-03-08	Senate	Amended
2021-03-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2021-02-16	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2021-02-04	House	Transmitted To Senate
2021-02-03	House	Passed
2021-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	29	137	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	85	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0294.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/HB0294_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0300076.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/senate/0630011.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0660002.pdf