Mississippi Senate Bill 2851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Patient Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits Who Is Admitted To A State Institution With The Expectation Of Remaining There For Six Months Or Less Shall Not Be Required To Pay Any Of Those Disability Benefits To The Institution For The Cost Of The Patient's Care And Maintenance; To Provide That Such A Patient Who Has Been In The Institution For More Than Six Months, Or A Patient Who Is Admitted To A State Mental Institution With The Expectation Of Remaining There For More Than Six Months, May Be Required To Pay All Or Part Of Those Disability Benefits To The Institution For The Cost Of The Patient's Care And Maintenance; To Provide That If The Patient Has Any Regular Expenses Outside Of The Institution, The Institution Shall Allow The Patient To Keep The Amount Of The Disability Benefits Needed By The Patient To Pay Those Expenses, And May Require The Patient To Pay Any Remainder Of The Disability Benefits To The Institution; To Require State Institutions In Which Those Patients Receive Care And Maintenance To Maintain Documentation Showing That The Amount Of The Patient's Disability Benefits Paid To The Institution Was Spent For The Care And Maintenance Of The Patient; And For Related Purposes.

State mental institutions; patients admitted less than 6 months not required to pay social security disability to the institution.

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [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/SB2851.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2851IN.htm