Mississippi Senate Bill 2720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 73-25-19 And 73-25-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medical Professionals Civil Immunity For Voluntary Care Provided Without Compensation To Indigent Or Needy Persons; To Allow Medical Professionals Who Provide Voluntary Care Without Compensation To Indigent Or Needy Persons To Receive Continuing Education Credit For Each 60 Minutes Of Qualifying Care Provided; To Provide That Nonresident Medical Professionals Licensed By Any State, Territory, District, Or Possession Of The United States May Provide Temporary Voluntary Medical Services In This State Without Compensation Through A Sponsoring Nonprofit Organization Registered With The Department Of Health; To Provide Civil Immunity For Nonresident Medical Professionals Who Provide Temporary Volunteer Health Care Services Through A Sponsoring Nonprofit Organization Registered With The Department Of Health; To Provide Continuing Education Credits For Medical Professions Offering Charitable Care; To Include Dentists And Other Medical Professionals; And For Related Purposes.

Medical professionals; immunity from liability and continuing education credits for indigent care.

Sen. Charles Younger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2720.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2720IN.htm