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MS HB1426

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/23/2016

Primary Sponsor

Earle Banks

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 73-11-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, to prohibit the State Board of Funeral Service from adopting rules or regulations regarding the size of funeral homes or funeral home chapels.

  • Adds subsection (9)(b) to establish that the board shall not regulate the size of a funeral home or a funeral home chapel.

  • Maintains existing prohibition on the board requiring dead bodies to be embalmed except as required by the State Department of Health.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2016.

Legislative Description

Funeral home and chapel; prohibit Board of Funeral Service from regulating size of.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/23/2016

Committee Referrals

Public Health and Human Services2/8/2016

Full Bill Text

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