Mississippi House Bill 1491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Volunteer Health Care Services Act; To Authorize Certain Licensed Medical Professionals Who Are In Good Standing To Provide Voluntary Health Care Services; To Provide Civil Immunity For Those Services; To Bring Forward Section 73-25-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Limits The Practice Of Medicine In This State By Nonresident Physicians Who Are Not Licensed To Practice Medicine In This State, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 73-25-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Immunity To Medical Professionals Who Voluntarily Provide Health Care, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Volunteer Health Care Services Act; create.

Rep. Shane Aguirre [R]

Rep. Rob Roberson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1491.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1491IN.htm