Mississippi Senate Bill 2057 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Relative To Rights Of Nursing Home Residents; To Authorize A Nursing Home Resident Or A Legal Representative To Have A Monitoring Device Installed In The Room Of The Resident; To Establish Conditions For The Installation And Use Of Monitoring Devices In Nursing Homes; To Provide For Consent Relative To The Installation And Use Of Such Devices; To Provide Limitations On The Use Of Such Devices; To Require Nursing Homes To Make Certain Accommodations Relative To Such Devices; To Limit Liability In Cases In Which A Monitoring Device Is Installed Without Proper Authorization Or Used Improperly; To Prohibit Certain Conduct By Nursing Homes; To Establish Administrative Penalties; To Provide For Administrative Rulemaking; And For Related Purposes.

Nursing home care; authorize nursing home resident or representative to have monitoring device installed in room.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2057.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2057IN.htm