MS HB839 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Adopt And Enter Into The "solemn Covenant Of The States To Award Prizes For Curing Diseases Compact"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide For The Establishment Of The Solemn Covenant Of States Commission Upon Enactment Of The Compact By Six States; To Prescribe The Commission's Powers And Duties; To Authorize The Commission To Award Prizes For Treatments And Therapeutic Protocols That Meet The Commission's Standards For A Successful Cure Or Treatment; To Authorize The Commission To Arrange For The Transfer Of Intellectual Property Necessary To Manufacture And Distribute A Cure Treatment Or Therapeutic Protocol That Has Been Awarded A Prize; To Prescribe Meeting And Voting Requirements For The Commission; To Require The Commission To Adopt Bylaws And Certain Rules; To Authorize The Commission To Establish A Management Committee And Advisory Committees; To Require The Commission To Adopt An Annual Budget And To Provide For The Audit Of Financial Accounts; To Exempt Records Of The Commission From The Compacting States' Public Records Laws; To Grant Commission Members And Employees Immunity From Alleged Liability Stemming From Acts Of The Commission; To Require At Least Two States To Adopt The Compact In Order For It To Become Effective; To Provide For The Withdrawal And Expulsion From The Compact Of Member States; To Provide That Lawful Actions Of The Commission Are Binding Upon Compacting States; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Compact; enact.

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History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-01HouseDied In Committee
2022-01-17HouseReferred To Public Health and Human Services;Ways and Means

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