HB 686 – Mississippi

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2020
Link: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0686.xml

Patient’s Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act & prohibitions against deceptive advertising by providers; extend repealers on. An act to reenact sections 41-121-1 through 41-121-9, mississippi code of 1972, which are the patient’s right to informed health care choices act relating to advertisements for health care services; to amend section 41-121-11, mississippi code of 1972, to extend the date of the repealer on the patient’s right to informed health care choices act; to amend sections 73-6-19, 73-9-61, 73-15-29, 73-21-97, 73-26-5, 73-27-13 and 73-39-77, mississippi code of 1972, to extend the date of the repealers on the provisions that make violations of the patient’s right to informed health care choices act by health care practitioners specific grounds for disciplinary action against licensees; to amend section 73-19-23, mississippi code of 1972, to extend the date of the repealer and to require the board of optometry to conduct criminal history records checks on licensure applicants and on licensees whose licensure is subject to investigation by the board; and for related purposes.


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