Mississippi House Bill 864 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "health Care Practitioner Transparency Act" To Provide Clarity And Transparency For Patients When They Search For And Visit Health Care Practitioners; To Provide That Advertisements For Health Care Services That Name A Health Care Practitioner Must Identify The Type Of License Held By The Practitioner And Must Be Free From Any And All Deceptive Or Misleading Information; To Require Health Care Practitioners Providing Health Care Services In This State To Conspicuously Post And Affirmatively Communicate The Practitioner's Specific Licensure By Wearing A Photo Identification Name Tag During All Patient Encounters That Includes The Type Of License Held By The Practitioner; To Require Health Care Practitioners To Display In Their Office A Writing That Clearly Identifies The Type Of License Held By The Practitioner; To Provide That Failure To Comply With Any Provision Of This Act Constitutes A Violation Of This Act; To Provide That Any Health Care Practitioner Who Violates Any Provision Of This Act Is Guilty Of Unprofessional Conduct And Subject To Disciplinary Action Under The Appropriate Licensure Provisions Governing The Respective Health Care Practitioner; To Amend Sections 73-6-19, 73-9-61, 73-10-21, 73-15-29, 73-19-23, 73-21-97, 73-23-59, 73-24-24, 73-25-29, 73-27-13, 73-30-21, 73-31-21, 73-38-27, 73-53-17, 73-54-29, 73-55-19, 73-57-31, 73-65-13, 73-67-27 And 73-71-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act; create.

Rep. Cecil Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0864.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0864IN.htm