MS SB2418 | 2011 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-02-01 | Died In Committee | |
2011-01-12 | Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division A |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/SB/SB2418.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2418IN.htm |