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MS HB823
Bill
Status
2/1/2011
Primary Sponsor
Stephen Holland
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the State Department of Health to adopt rules allowing Mississippi hospitals to establish and operate off-campus emergency departments.
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Off-campus emergency departments must operate as provider-based units of licensed Mississippi acute care hospitals.
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Requires off-campus emergency departments to be staffed with board-certified or board-eligible Emergency Medicine physicians and implement patient triage and transfer procedures.
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Off-campus emergency departments must comply with Medicare provider-based regulations and meet the same clinical services, staffing, and physical environment standards as hospital emergency departments.
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Effective July 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Hospitals; Department of Health may authorize to operate off-campus emergency departments.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/1/2011