Mississippi Senate Bill 2403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order-bracelet Act"; To Provide Definitions; To Authorize A Terminal Patient To Request Health Care Providers To Execute A "do Not Resuscitate Order For Emergency Services" And To Prescribe Conditions Thereon; To Provide For A "do Not Resuscitate" Bracelet; To Allow A Parent Or Legal Guardian Of A Patient Who Is A Child To Request And Revoke A "do Not Resuscitate" Order For Emergency Services For The Child; To Prescribe The Duties Of Emergency Medical Services Personnel When Presented With "do Not Resuscitate Orders"; To Prescribe The Required Form For The Order; To Provide Immunity From Liability Of A Health Care Provider Or Emergency Medical Personnel Regarding The "do Not Resuscitate Order"; To Require Full Resuscitative Measures In Absence Of The Order Or Bracelet; And For Related Purposes.

"Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order-Bracelet Act"; enact.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2403.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2403IN.htm