republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2020/hb-1520.md

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Bill	Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in-person visit.	Hospice; allow medical directors to prescribe controlled substances for pain for terminally ill patients without in-person visit.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2020	HB 1520	Mississippi HB 1520 (2020)	bill	Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Welfare	enacted	Currie	5	13	2	2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00	2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3f4222ff-c9fe-4833-a3dc-eab71f40c4dd	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml	d45d2e59ae6ded60bc5232d4e64337da511ab1f484a1ae115b12abd25ef59ccf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/3f4222ff-c9fe-4833-a3dc-eab71f40c4dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).