Limited medical licenses; revise provisions regarding and create additional limited licenses.
SB 2441 creates new limited medical licenses in Mississippi to address physician shortages. It allows the state board to issue licenses to graduates of foreign medical schools and U.S. medical school graduates who didn’t secure residency spots, with specific requirements. Foreign-trained physicians must work in rural or medically underserved areas with doctor shortages, while U.S. graduates must practice in counties under 50,000 residents under physician supervision. The bill extends the maximum license duration from five to eight years and sets clear qualifications for these temporary licenses.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2026
How they voted
51–1
Passed
Total votes 52
Feb 4, 2026
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican34
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
upper
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Health and Welfare
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Hob Bryan
DDemocratic
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