History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Mentally ill patients; provide for interim facility treatment and cost reimbursement.
| 1 | 01/13/99 | (H) | Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 02/02/99 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 1999 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Moody
Code Sections: A 041-0021-0077, A 041-0021-0079
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS IN A FACILITY OTHER THAN THE ADMITTING INSTITUTION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MENTALLY ILL PATIENT IS INDIGENT, THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE INTERIM FACILITY, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AT THE INTERIM FACILITY AND THE COSTS OF COMMITMENT SHALL BE PAID FROM FUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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