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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 — **470** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1210** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **1171** (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).