Mississippi House Bill 674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require 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 "electronic Monitoring"; And For Related Purposes.

Institutions for the aged or infirm; allow electronic monitoring of residents room.

Rep. Richard Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-06	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0674.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0674IN.htm