HB59 • 2026

Nurses; allow nurse practitioners and RNs to administer vitamins through IV therapy in a clinical setting.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND REGISTERED NURSES TO ADMINISTER FLUIDS CONTAINING VITAMINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING A PERSON'S IMMUNE HEALTH THROUGH INTRAVENOUS (IV) THERAPY IN A CLINICAL SETTING; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF VITAMINS THAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR REGISTERED NURSE AT ANY ONE TIME; TO PROVIDE THAT THE VITAMINS ADMINISTERED BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR REGISTERED NURSE DO NOT HAVE TO BE PREPARED BY A COMPOUND PHARMACY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Healthcare

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Arnold
Last action: 2026-02-03
Official status: Dead
Effective date: July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Nurses Can Give Vitamin IVs

This bill allows nurse practitioners and registered nurses to give vitamin fluids through intravenous therapy in a clinical setting without limits on the number of vitamins or requiring preparation by a compound pharmacy.

What This Bill Does

Allows nurse practitioners and RNs to administer vitamin fluids through IV therapy.
Removes any limit on how many vitamins can be given at once.
Does not require that the vitamins are prepared by a compound pharmacy.

Who It Names or Affects

Nurse practitioners
Registered nurses

Terms To Know

Intravenous (IV) therapy: A medical treatment where fluids, including vitamins, are given directly into a person's vein.
Compound pharmacy: A special type of pharmacy that mixes and prepares medications in specific doses for individual patients.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass during the session.
It would have taken effect on July 1, 2026, but since it didn't pass, this date is no longer relevant.

Bill History

2026-02-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/03 (H) Died In Committee
2026-01-07 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/07 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Official Summary Text

Nurses; allow nurse practitioners and RNs to administer vitamins through IV therapy in a clinical setting.

Current Bill Text

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H. B. No. 59 *HR26/R1317* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2
26/HR26/R1317
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To: Public Health and Human
Services
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Arnold

HOUSE BILL NO. 59

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND 1
REGISTERED NURSES TO ADMINISTER FLUIDS CONTAINING VITAMINS FOR THE 2
PURPOSE OF IMPROVING A PERSON'S IMMUNE HEALTH THROUGH INTRAVENOUS 3
(IV) THERAPY IN A CLINICAL SETTING; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE IS NO 4
LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF VITAMINS THAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED BY A 5
NURSE PRACTITIONER OR REGISTERED NURSE AT ANY ONE TIME; TO PROVIDE 6
THAT THE VITAMINS ADMINISTERED BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR 7
REGISTERED NURSE DO NOT HAVE TO BE PREPARED BY A COMPOUND 8
PHARMACY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 9
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 10
SECTION 1. Nurse practitioners and registered nurses 11
licensed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing shall be authorized 12
to administer fluids containing vitamins for the purpose of 13
improving a person's immune health through intravenous (IV) 14
therapy in a clinical setting. There is no limit on the number of 15
vitamins that may be administered through IV therapy by a nurse 16
practitioner or registered nurse at any one time, and the vitamins 17
administered through IV therapy by a nurse practitioner or 18
registered nurse do not have to be prepared by a compound 19
pharmacy. 20
H. B. No. 59 *HR26/R1317* ~ OFFICIAL ~
26/HR26/R1317
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ST: Nurses; allow nurse practitioners and RNs
to administer vitamins through IV therapy in a
clinical setting.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 21
and after July 1, 2026. 22