Mississippi Senate Bill 2797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 10 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-10 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 41-21-110, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Asylum Records In The Possession Of The Mississippi State Hospital Shall Be Permanently Transferred To The Rowland Medical Library At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Provide That The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Shall Establish The Asylum Hill Oversight Committee To Govern The Access, Use And Disclosure Of The Mississippi State Asylum Records; To Require The Oversight Committee To Make Reasonable Efforts To Identify And Notify All Descendants Of Patients Treated At The Asylum; To Require The Oversight Committee To Establish Procedures By Which A Descendant Of A Patient Treated At The Asylum May Opt Out Of The Disclosure Of Any Related Records; To Require All Information, Data And Research Regarding Patients To Be Anonymized; To Amend Section 41-9-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Mississippi State Asylum Records From Being Considered Hospital Records For Purposes Of The Chapter; To Amend Section 41-21-97, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Asylum Records Shall Not Be Considered Confidential For Purposes Of The Section, Provided That Any Mississippi State Asylum Record Relating To Any Person Who Has Not Been Deceased For At Least 50 Years Shall Still Be Considered Confidential; To Amend Section 41-10-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Asylum Records Shall Not Be Considered Medical Records For Purposes Of The Section; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Amend Section 41-30-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Asylum Records Shall Be Exempt From Certain Disclosure Prohibitions, Provided That Such Records Relating To Any Person Who Has Not Been Deceased For At Least 50 Years Shall Not Be Exempt; To Amend Section 13-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Asylum Records Shall Be Exempt From Certain Medical Privilege Requirements, Provided That Such Records Relating To Any Person Who Has Not Been Deceased For At Least 50 Years Shall Not Be Exempt; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi State Asylum Records; provide procedures and exempt from confidentiality and privilege requirements.

Sen. David Blount [D]

2023-02-28 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-10		Approved by Governor
2023-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-06	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-01	House	Returned For Enrolling
2023-02-28	House	Passed
2023-02-21	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-02-08	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services
2023-02-06	Senate	Transmitted To House
2023-02-03	Senate	Passed
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2023-01-25	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
13	1	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	10	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	21	97	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	30	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	9	61	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2797.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2797IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2797CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2797PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2797SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/senate/0320008.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0570005.pdf