MS HB148 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Create New Section 41-9-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Hospitals, When Transferring Patients To Other Hospitals Where The Transfers Are Not Associated With The Emergency Department, To Provide To The Receiving Hospitals Certain Medical Records That Are Pertinent To The Conditions For Which The Patients Were Receiving Treatment At The Transferring Hospitals; To Provide For Enforcement Of This Section By The State Department Of Health, And Authorize The Department To Assess Civil Penalties Against Hospitals That Fail To Comply With This Section; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Hospitals; require to provide certain medical records to other hospitals when transferring patients to them.

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-03-06 Died In Committee
2012-02-07 Referred To Public Health and Human Services

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