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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hospices; delete repealer on authority for prescribing certain drugs without in-person visit with a patient."
+description: "Hospices; delete repealer on authority for prescribing certain drugs without in-person visit with a patient."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 294"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 294 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae5cae9-6424-4f2a-96e5-6439b522f636"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
+source_hash: "1bdbcd33c711075dd1827e4a1b61f7d5d50a5143c3784a26a978378f9d6859d5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 294 (2021) — Hospices; delete repealer on authority for prescribing certain drugs without in-person visit with a patient.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0294.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0294_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0294SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **121–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **117–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Currie — primary (person)
+- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Mims, McGee)
+- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ae5cae9-6424-4f2a-96e5-6439b522f636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+