Mississippi House Bill 859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require That Before A Health Care Provider May Prescribe Any Medication To Treat Add Or Adhd In A Child, The Provider Must Have A Second Opinion From An Independent Professional Who Is Not Affiliated In Any Manner With The Entity Providing The Initial Assessment Stating That The Child Needs Or Would Benefit From Taking The Medication, And Provide Information And Counseling To The Parent Or Guardian Of The Child About The Actual And Potential Side Effects Of The Medication To Be Prescribed; To Prohibit Public School Employees And Public School Nurses From Administering To Any Student At The School Any Medications That Are Prescribed To Treat Add Or Adhd; To Amend Sections 37-14-3 And 41-79-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-11	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0859.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0859IN.htm