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MS SB2876

Bill

Status

Failed

1/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Brice Wiggins

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 25-41-7 of the Mississippi Code to add two new reasons public bodies may hold executive sessions

  • Allows boards of trustees of public hospitals to hold closed sessions to discuss prospective strategic business decisions, including opening new service lines, implementing capital improvements, and filing certificate of need applications

  • Allows boards of trustees of public hospitals to hold closed sessions for discussions involving identifiable patient information, including patient complaints, accounts, charity care details, or individually identifiable treatment records

  • Maintains requirement that all meetings commence as open meetings and that three-fifths affirmative vote of members present is required to declare an executive session

  • Takes effect July 1, 2018

Legislative Description

Open Meetings Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include certain discussions by public hospital boards.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency1/15/2018

Full Bill Text

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