Bill Text: MS SB2713 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: University of Mississippi Medical Center; authorize remains in the potter's field on its property to be cremated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2713 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2713-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Blount
Senate Bill 2713
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER TO DISINTER, REMOVE, CREMATE AND REINTER HUMAN REMAINS REPOSING IN THE POTTER'S FIELD ON THE PROPERTY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PROPERTY; TO REPEAL SECTION 2, CHAPTER 846, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1973, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 854, LAWS OF 1974, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS REGARDING HUMAN REMAINS IN THE POTTER'S FIELD ON ITS PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The University of Mississippi Medical Center is authorized, in its discretion, to rearrange or disinter, remove, cremate and reinter human remains reposing in the potter's field on property of the University of Mississippi Medical Center property to a different location on the medical center's property when the disinterment, removal, cremation and reinterment is necessary for proper and efficient maintenance and management.
Markers, headstones, or other identification shall accompany the remains whenever identification exists, and a record of the removal and reinterment shall be maintained in the files of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi.
Prior to disinterring any remains under this section, the University of Mississippi Medical Center shall publish the names, if known, of the remains being disinterred and shall make reasonable efforts to notify the next-of-kin of those being disinterred.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center and its officers and employees shall be immune from any action or suit arising from the maintenance, or attempted maintenance, rearrangement, removal, cremation or reinterment of remains, when performed in good faith, of the cemetery under authority of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 846, Local and Private Laws of 1973, as amended by Chapter 854, Laws of 1974, which authorizes the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take certain actions regarding human remains in the potter's field on its property, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
