Mississippi House Bill 577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Institutions For The Aged Or Infirm Shall Permit A Resident Or The Resident's Next Of Kin Or Guardian To Monitor The Room Of The Resident Through The Use Of Electronic Monitoring Devices; To Provide That Electronic Monitoring Must Protect The Privacy Rights Of Other Residents And Visitors To The Extent Reasonably Possible; To Provide That An Institution May Not Refuse To Admit An Individual To Residency In The Institution And May Not Remove A Resident From The Institution Because Of A Request To Conduct Electronic Monitoring; To Require Institutions To Make Reasonable Physical Accommodation For Electronic Monitoring; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violations Of The Act By Administrators Of Institutions Or Other Persons; To Direct The State Board Of Health To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Enforce The Provisions Of This Act; To Define "electronic Monitoring Device"; And For Related Purposes.

Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic device.

Rep. Richard Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-15	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0577.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0577IN.htm