---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in-person visit."
description: "Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in-person visit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1520 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f4222ff-c9fe-4833-a3dc-eab71f40c4dd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "d45d2e59ae6ded60bc5232d4e64337da511ab1f484a1ae115b12abd25ef59ccf"
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 1520 (2020) — Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in-person visit.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB1520_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520PS.htm)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520CS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **117–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Currie — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Bounds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+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/3f4222ff-c9fe-4833-a3dc-eab71f40c4dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).