Mississippi House Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Conditions Applicable To Providing Health Care Or Veterinary Services While An Emergency Declaration Is In Effect; To Provide A Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Registration System Under The State Department Of Health; To Provide For Interstate Licensure Recognition For Volunteer Health Care Practitioners; To Provide Administrative Sanctions For Failure To Adhere To Scope Of Practice Requirements; To Clarify The Effect Of Receiving Compensation On The Volunteer Status Of Those Practitioners; To Authorize The State Board Of Health To Promulgate Rules To Implement The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide Liability Limitations; To Amend Sections 73-9-1, 73-10-7, 73-15-3, 73-19-3, 73-21-83, 73-22-3, 73-23-35, 73-25-1, 73-25-35, 73-26-3, 73-30-25, 73-31-27, 73-39-59, 41-9-7, 41-59-9, 41-59-33, 41-75-5 And 43-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Health Care Practitioner Licensure Statutes With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Uniform laws; create uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act.

Rep. Bobby Moak [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-12		Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0561.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0561IN.htm