Bill Text: MS HB375 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commissioner and medical director of Department of Corrections; authorize to make end-of-life decisions for certain inmates.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB375 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB375-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Representative Flaggs

House Bill 375

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW CODE SECTION 47-7-4.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS, TO MAKE END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS FOR CERTAIN STATE INMATES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 47-7-4.1, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     47-7-4.1.  The Mississippi Department of Corrections' Medical Director, in consultation with the commissioner of the department, may make end-of-life decisions involving prisoners who are incarcerated in the state prison system.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.