Mississippi Senate Bill 2020 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers In Medicine Act"; To Provide Definitions Of Health Care Providers And Free Clinics Subject To The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide For Contracts Between Health Care Providers And Free Clinics; To Provide For The Annual Registration Of Free Clinics With The Mississippi State Department Of Health; To Provide That Health Care Providers And Volunteers Providing Services To Free Clinics Under Such Contract Shall Be Deemed Governmental Employees With Liability Immunity Protection Under The Mississippi Tort Claims Act; To Require Notification Of Such Limitation Of Liability To Patients And Recipients Of Services At Free Clinics; To Provide That Free Clinics And Health Care Providers Shall Be Assessed For The Cost Of Such Immunity Under The Tort Claims Act; To Require Certain Reports; To Amend Sections 11-46-1 And 73-25-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Sections 73-15-5 And 73-25-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Nurses And Nurse Practitioners To Dispense Medication To Patients In A Free Clinic Setting; To Amend Section 73-21-129, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Drug Manufacturers To Donate Drugs To Free Clinics Up To One Year Following The Labeled Expiration Date; And For Related Purposes.

"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-11	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2020.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2020IN.htm