Mississippi House Bill 676 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-41-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Board Of Trustees Of A Community Hospital Is A Public Body; To Amend Section 25-41-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Ability Of The Board Of Trustees To Go Into Executive Session For Matters Concerning The Operation Of The Hospital As A Business Entity; To Amend Section 25-61-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Records Containing Information Concerning Trade Secrets And Confidential Commercial And Financial Information Of A Proprietary Nature Developed By A Public Hospital Are Not Subject To The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Amend Section 25-61-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Federal Statutory Law Imposing Confidentiality Upon A Record Will Exempt The Record From The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Amend Section 25-61-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Records Relating To The Business Development Of A Public Hospital Are Not Subject To The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; To Amend Section 41-13-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Technical Corrections; To Amend Section 41-13-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Impose A Greater Amount For The Performance Bond To Be Secured On Behalf Of Trustees Of A Public Hospital In A Larger County; To Revise The Qualifications Of Persons To Be Appointed To The Board Of Trustees Of A Community Hospital; To Amend Sections 41-13-35 And 41-13-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Technical Corrections; To Amend Section 27-104-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Level Of Transparency And Accountability For Community Hospitals; To Amend Section 41-9-68, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Public Hospital Records That Are Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983; And For Related Purposes.

Community hospitals; revise Open Meetings and Public Records Acts provisions regarding and revise qualifications to be trustees of.

Rep. Manly Barton [R]

Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0676.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0676IN.htm