Mississippi House Bill 388 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Alexander Blouin Mississippi Medical Referral Requirement Act; To Make Certain Legislative Findings And Declarations; To Require The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Prepare And Approve A Medical Referral Form To Be Used By Physicians For The Comprehensive And Timely Transfer Of Necessary Patient Information During The Process Of Referring A Patient From One Physician To Another Physician; To Require All Licensed Mississippi Physicians, When Referring A Patient To Another Physician, To Provide Fully Completed Medical Referral Forms To The Receiving Physician At The Time That The Physician Refers The Patient To The Receiving Physician; To Require The Referring Physician To Prepare And Transmit The Medical Referral Form To The Receiving Physician In Written And Electronic Form; To Prescribe The Minimum Information That The Referring Physician Must Include In The Medical Referral Form; To Provide That The Board Shall Monitor And Enforce Compliance With The Requirements Of This Act; To Provide That If A Physician Consistently Fails To Comply With The Requirements Of This Act, The Physician Is Subject To Appropriate Disciplinary Action From The Board; And For Related Purposes.

Alexander Blouin Mississippi Medical Referral Requirement Act; create.

Sen. Chris Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-05	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0388.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0388IN.htm