Mississippi Legislature

1999 Regular Session

House Public Health and Welfare Committee

As of 04/28/99 at 14:03

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HB  57  ICF-MR patients; increase number of home leave days per   Manning
 *      year for.                                              
           03/25 Approved by Governor
HB  61  Nursing homes; exempt construction of totally private     Johnson
        pay homes from CON process.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  65  Nurse, school; may be either registered nurse or          Scott (80th)
        licensed practical nurse.                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  69  Tobacco funds; place Fifty Million Dollars in trust       Scott (80th) *
        fund for children's health programs.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  70  Tobacco settlement funds; create Public Health Care       Scott (80th) *
        Trust Fund.                                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  71  TANF recipients; transitional child care available when   Scott (80th)
        family income under 200% of poverty.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  72  Welfare reform; mandate that child care and               Scott (80th)
        transportation be provided.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  73  Welfare reform; any savings from shall be used for        Scott (80th)
        college assistance to TANF recipients.                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  74  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Scott (80th)
        reform on its recipients.                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  81  Income tax credit; employer not receive until TANF        Scott (80th)
   %    recipient employed for six months.                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  82  Hospitals, teaching; establish five additional in the     Scott (80th)
   %    state to be operated by UMC.                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  84  TANF recipients; state agencies set hiring goals for,     Scott (80th)
        and MESC provide job assistance to.                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 100  Lice; three occasions of student having need not be       Manning
   %    consecutive before Health Department may assist.       
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 107  Northwest Misissippi State Hospital; Department of        Morris
   %    Mental Health acquire former hospital to operate.      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 109  Tobacco settlement funds; create Health Care and State    King
        Veterans Homes Trust Funds.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 118  Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from    Moak
        charging excessive rates.                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 119  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 145  Funerals; out-of-state directors may conduct if their     Flaggs *
   %    state grants reciprocity.                              
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 159  Children's Health Insurance Program; revise.              Scott (80th)
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 175  Nursing home beds; certificate of need for conversion     Horne
        of personal care beds in Lauderdale County.            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 180  Alzheimer's disease; authorize nursing beds for           Scott (80th)
        patients with.                                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 181  Medicaid; expand eligibility to persons under 19 to       Scott (80th)
        185% of poverty level.                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 182  Medicaid; eligibility shall be determined annually for    Scott (80th)
        all persons.                                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 183  Medicaid providers; conduct study of reimbursement        Scott (80th)
        levels to determine effect on managed care program     
        participation.                                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 184  Primary health care providers; conduct study to           Scott (80th)
        determine if shortage serving Medicaid recipients.     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 302  Domestic violence; DHS enforce standards to help          Scott (80th)
        protect TANF recipients who are victims of.            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 363  Community water system; revise definition of under        Guice
        Municipal and Domestic Water and Wastewater System     
        Operator's Certification Act.                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 371  Social worker licenses; issue to certain social workers   Taylor
        and social services designees.                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 376  Medicaid; prohibit expansion of capitated managed care    Broomfield
        program into additional counties.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 400  Medicaid; create Mississippi Health Care Authority to     Evans
        administer, and expand eligibility.                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 401  Medicaid; provide for facilitation to federal funding     Evans
        under block grant program.                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 402  Personal care homes; create program of assistance         Evans
        payments for certain residents of.                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 403  Medicaid; allow disabled workers to purchase coverage.    Evans
 *         03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 422  Nursing homes; exempt certain from Medicaid assessment.   Bourdeaux
  $%       02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB 423  Nursing homes; Medicaid shall seek waiver to exempt       Bourdeaux
  $%    certain from assessment.                               
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB 432  Podiatry; practitioners of shall be known as podiatric    Broomfield
   %    physician.                                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 454  Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and    Scott (17th)
   %    Family Therapists; reenact and repeal repealer.        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 464  Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with     Reynolds
 *      certain income shall receive under Medicaid.           
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 494  Support dogs; trainers of shall have same rights as       Horne
 *      those provided to disabled persons with dogs.          
           03/30 Approved by Governor
HB 495  Graves; require certain depth when burying dead human     Foster
        bodies.                                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 496  Restaurants; require to display Department of Health      Foster
   %    rating.                                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 503  Kinesical therapists; authorize State Board of Health     Flaggs
   %    to license and regulate.                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 517  Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are        Smith (35th)
        members of certain organizations.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 519  Tobacco settlement funds; create Health Care Trust Fund   Moody
 *      for.                                                   
           04/01 Approved by Governor
HB 521  Child care facilities; Health Department cannot adopt     Smith (35th)
        regulations affecting issues of religious faith.       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 538  Hospitals; extend repealer on authority to establish      Ford
 *      group purchase programs.                               
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB 540  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer on.          Ford
 *         03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 543  Home medical equipment; extend repealer on regulation     Ford
 * %    of suppliers by Pharmacy Board.                        
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 544  Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and    Ford
   %    Family Therapists; extend repealer on.                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 609  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer        Ford
        allowing state matching funds for school districts.    
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB 665  Physician assistants; license and regulate practice of.   Evans
   %       02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 676  Mississippi Qualified Health Center Assistance Program;   Clarke
  $%    create and authorize bonds to fund.                    
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB 682  TANF recipients; extend repealer on income tax credit     Moody
   %    for persons who hire.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 690  Nursing facility; CON to expand in Pearl River County.    Frierson
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 721  TANF benefits; increase monthly amount for recipients     Moody
        of.                                                    
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 739  ICF-MR patients; increase number of home leave days per   Moody
        year for.                                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 740  Food stamps; delay deadlines to develop and implement     Moody
        on-line EBT system for.                                
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 741  Immunizations for preventable diseases; require           Smith (39th)
        hepatitis B virus immunization for Grade 6 students.   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 811  Pharmacy discount cards; cannot be issued unless          Howell
 *      issurer pays portion of discount given by pharmacy.    
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB 827  Physicians; Medical Licensure Board may assess costs      Holden
 * %    against in disciplinary actions.                       
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 830  Podiatrists; increase annual license renewal fee and      Holden
 * %    use portion to aid impaired licenses.                  
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 831  Medical Licensure Board; authorize to use unmarked        Holden
        vehicles for investigative use.                        
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 834  Nursing homes; allow Medicaid participation for           Moody
 *      existing beds and authorize new beds.                  
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 842  Long-term care; Medicaid Division conduct public          Johnson
        educational program about need to plan for.            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 848  Nursing home beds; CONs for at existing nursing home in   Taylor
        Wayne County.                                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 849  Certificate of Need Law; exempt certain expenditures      Moody
 *      and projects from.                                     
           03/10 (S) Died On Calendar
HB 850  Child care facility licensure law; make technical         Moody
   %    amendments to.                                         
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 851  Radiological health license fees; increase.               Moody
   %       02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 853  Dental services; increase Medicaid reimbursement rates    Moody
 *      for.                                                   
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 855  CON proceedings; authorize stay of pending appeal.        Moody
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 856  Youth Camp Advisory Council; reconstitute membership.     Moody
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 857  Medicaid; require cost-to-charge ratio for outpatient     Moody
        services and reimbursement for holding nursing beds.   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 858  Foster care placement program; clarify responsibilities   Moody
 *      of Department of Human Services.                       
           03/25 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 859  Child residential home licensure; clarify inspection      Moody
        requirements.                                          
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 860  Single-specialty ambulatory surgical facilities;          Moody
        require licensure under certain conditions.            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 867  Criminal history record checks for child residential      Moody
   %    facilities; Dept. of Public Safety responsible for     
        releasing info.                                        
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 868  DHS Fraud Investigation Unit; grant subpoena power to.    Moody
 *         03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 869  Mentally ill patients; provide for interim facility       Moody
        treatment and cost reimbursement.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 912  Medicaid; workers with disabilities eligible to buy       Holland
        coverage under.                                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 954  Automated external defibrillators; provide for            Barnett (92nd)
 *      requirements and training for use of.                  
           03/30 Approved by Governor
HB 976  Children's Health Care Program; increase eligibility to   Holland
 *      200% of poverty level.                                 
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1007  State Board of Funeral Services; extend repealer and      Holland
 * %    make revisions.                                        
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB1016  Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for implantable         Bourdeaux
        infusion pumps.                                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1017  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Bourdeaux
        additional in Landerdale County.                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1018  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
 *      high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB1032  Whitfield, State Hospital at; establish four new          Bozeman
        facilities at (HINDS).                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1036  State service programs; establish.                        Wallace
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1061  Autopsy; notice must be given to deceased's relatives     Peranich
        before being performed.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1063  Acupuncture; provide for the licensure and regulation     Peranich
   %    of the practice of.                                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1068  Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program;        Moody
        establish.                                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1080  Nursing home and Alzheimer's beds; authorize CON for in   Stribling
        Rankin County.                                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1093  Nursing homes; authorize CONs for in certain counties.    Robertson
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1110  Medicaid; reimbursement for services provided to          Moody
 *      persons with spinal cord and head injuries.            
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB1115  Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for implantable         Moore
        infusion pumps.                                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1122  Rehabilitation Services Department; update name of an     Moody
        office within.                                         
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB1135  Medicaid; all beds in DeSoto County psychiatric           Woods
        residential treatment facility may participate in.     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1166  Welfare Reform Research and Accountability Act; create.   Wallace
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1170  Nursing facility; CON for construction in Rankin          Moore
        County.                                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1183  Mattress; require persons to sanitize and tag used        Wallace
        mattress before sale.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1202  Barber Board; reconstitute membership of, and specify     Bowles
        standards for barbering examinations.                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1204  Optometry Board; reconstitute membership of.              Bowles
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1244  Medicaid program; revise eligibility and services         Moody
        reimbursement.                                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1270  Personal care homes; change name references to            Stribling
   %    "assisted living facilities".                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1272  Hospital; CON to certain hospital in Hinds County for     Coleman (65th)
        relocation of acute care beds and construction of      
        necessary facilities.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1289  Automatic external defibrillations; establish fund to     Davis
        reimburse counties and cities for purchasing.          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1291  Massage therapists; license and regulate.                 Martinson
   %       02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1299  Nursing home; specify recipient of CON authorized for     Malone
        Leake County and extend certain deadlines on the CON.  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1302  Physician assistants; provide for licensure of.           Malone
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1306  Home baked pastries; exempt sale of from regulation of    Howell
   %    Health Department.                                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1314  State board of medical licensure; revise membership.      Perry
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1317  Mississippi Health Care Trust Fund Act of 1999; rename    Formby
        and revise distribution of interest earned on          
        principal.                                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1321  Department of Children and Family Services; create.       Stribling
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1332  Medicaid; create Medical Advisory Committee to, and       Moody
 *      revise reimbursement for physician's services.         
           04/23 Approved by Governor
HB1337  Nonprofit health care conversion transactions; require    Holland
   %    approval by Attorney General.                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1338  Hospitals; remove from certificate of need law            Montgomery
        requirements.                                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1343  Hypnotherapists; provide for registration of.             Taylor
   %       02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1360  Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50       Banks
        years old to Department of Archives and History.       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1370  Death certificates; attending physicians must sign        Banks
        within ten days after presented.                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1378  Funeral services licensees; require continuing            Banks
   %    education for license renewal.                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1392  Medicaid; expand eligibility to persons under 19 to       Scott (80th)
        200% of poverty level.                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1401  Medicaid; allow disabled persons to buy in for            Scott (80th)
        Medicaid.                                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1402  Medicaid; request waiver to cover the chronically ill     Scott (80th)
        with hypertension and diabetes.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1406  Cancer tests; Health Department develop pilot project     Scott (80th)
        to proide free of charge.                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1413  CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires   Ketchings
        CON review to $5 million.                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1418  Out-of-wedlock pregnancies; provide financial             Barnett (116th)
        incentives to reduce in Mississippi.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1424  Board of Mental Health; authorize negotiation for         Shows
 * %    exchange, lease or sale of Ellisville State School     
        property.                                              
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1435  Community hospitals; revise and expand authorized         Williams
 *      investments for funds of.                              
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1461  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Endt
        prescribe any drug rational to optometric practice.    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2126  Medicaid; increase home leave days for ICFMR services     Bean
 *      reimbursement.                                         
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2142  EBT system for food stamps; extend implementation         Bean
        dates.                                                 
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2143  Medicaid assistance program; revise eligibility and       Bean
 *   V  services reimbursement.                                
           04/23 Vetoed
SB2146  Orthotics and prosthetics certification; define           Dearing
 *      certifying agency.                                     
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2255  Stay of CON proceedings pending appeal; authorize.        Bean
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2256  Youth Camp Advisory Council; reconstitute membership.     Bean
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2257  Child care facility licensure law; make technical         Bean
 * %    amendments thereto.                                    
           04/01 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2258  Child residential home licensure; clarify inspection      Bean
        requirements.                                          
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2310  Foster care placement program; clarify responsibilities   Bean
 *      of Department of Human Services.                       
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2311  Criminal history record checks for child residential      Bean
   %    facilities; DPS responsible for releasing information. 
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2312  TANF assistance payments; increase.                       Bean
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2319  Permit requirements for persons providing home medical    Canon
   %    equipment; extend repealer.                            
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2354  "Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act of 1997";      Canon
 * %    reenact.                                               
           03/22 Approved by Governor
SB2355  State Board of Barber Examiners; revise composition of.   Canon
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2356  State Board of Cosmetology; revise certain license        Canon
   %    qualifications and authorize biennial license renewal. 
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2434  Medicaid; increase home leave days for nursing & ICFMR    Furniss
        facilities reimbursement.                              
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2486  Health care facilities; issue CON for Comprehensive       Bean
        Cancer Center.                                         
           03/01 Approved by Governor
SB2500  Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program;        Bean
 *      establish.                                             
           03/25 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2528  DHS Fraud Investigation Unit; grant subpoena power to.    Bean
 *         03/19 Approved by Governor
SB2537  Health care facility Certificate of Need Review; exempt   Bean
 *      certain expenditures and projects from.                
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2543  Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIPS); define       Hall
 *      eligibility for.                                       
           03/29 (S) Died In Conference
SB2589  State Medical Examiner; Commissioner of Public Safety     Posey
        may appoint office administrator in absence of.        
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2679  Nursing facilities; require preadmission screening and    Bean
 *      authorize additional beds.                             
           04/05 Approved by Governor
SB2799  Chiropractic insurance claim review requirements;         Canon
 *      establish.                                             
           03/22 Approved by Governor
SB2828  Podiatrists; increase annual license renewal fee and      Johnson (19th)
 * %    use portion to aid impaired licenses.                  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2830  Medical Licensure Board; authorize to use unmarked        Johnson (19th)
        vehicles for investigative use.                        
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2897  Reduction of out-of-wedlock birth rates; create county    Tollison *
 *      incentive fund.                                        
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2945  Medicaid program; increase physicians fees and create     Gordon
 *      advisory committee.                                    
           03/29 (S) Died In Conference
SB2982  Wastewater; allow wastewater districts to provide         Cuevas
 * %    residential sewage holding tanks.                      
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB3016  Chiropractic record keeping procedures; prescribe under   Canon
        licensure law.                                         
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB3017  Dental services; increase Medicaid reimbursement rates    Bean
 *      for.                                                   
           03/29 (S) Died In Conference



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