Mississippi Senate Bill 2842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Health Information Technology Act; To Require All Agencies Of The State Engaged In The Delivery Or Provision Of Health Information Technology Services To Coordinate Between The Several State Agencies, With Private Nonprofit Corporations, And With Federally Funded Agencies To Prevent Unnecessary Duplication, Wasteful Expenditures Of State Funds; To Encourage The Development Of An Interoperative Statewide System Of Health Information Technology; To Require State Agencies, Before Acquiring Any Health Information Technology System, To Conduct A Survey Of All Health Information Technology Systems Within The Geographic Area For Which The Service Is Intended, And Analyze The Benefits Of Using Existing Providers; To Require The Department Of Information Technology Services To Review And Approve The Acquisition Of All Health Information Technology Services Before The Release Of Requests For Proposals Or The Execution Of Contracts For That Acquisition; To Provide That The Department Shall Not Grant Approval For The Acquisition Of Health Information Technology Systems Unless All Reasonable Efforts Have Been Made By The Agency To Use The Resources Of Existing Systems; To Amend Section 25-53-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Include Electronic Health Records, Telemedicine, Electronic Prescribing And Other Forms Of Health Information Technology As Information Technology And Services For The Purposes Of The Department Of Information Technology Services Laws; To Amend Section 25-53-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Include Health Information Technology Systems In The Definition Of Computer Equipment Or Services For The Purposes Of The Department Of Information Technology Services Laws; To Amend Section 25-53-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Include Health Information Technology Systems In The Types Of Information Systems Installed Or Used By State Agencies For Which The Department Is Required To Provide For Maximum Compatibility Among The Systems; To Amend Section 25-53-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Approval By The Department Of The Acquisition Of Health Information Technology Systems By State Agencies; And For Related Purposes.

Health Information Technology Act; enact.

Sen. Hob Bryan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2842.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2842IN.htm