Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

House Public Health and Welfare Committee

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HB 168  Baby Drop-off; allow without criminal liability.          Pierce
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 169  Children; prescribe procedure for parent to surrender     Taylor
 *      custody without liability.                             
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 170  Child abandonment; no criminal liability if newborn is    Fleming
        left with health care provider within 14 days of birth.
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 195  Needles; Board of Health adopt regulations to reduce      Fleming
        transmission of bloodborne pathogens through.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 196  Massage therapists; provide for registration of.          Fredericks
 * %       02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 197  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Fredericks
   %    therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 198  Medicaid; mental health services provided by licensed     Whittington
        professional counselors are reimbursable under.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 199  Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay       Ishee
        cost of special formulas and foods for persons having. 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 200  Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with     McBride
        certain income shall receive under Medicaid.           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 201  Nursing facility; allow 15 Medicaid beds at existing      Flaggs
        facility in Vicksburg.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 202  Automatic external defibrillators; establish fund to      Davis
        reimburse counties and cities for purchasing.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 204  Children's Health Insurance Program; may include          Moak
        parents of eligible children if funds available.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 205  Certificate of need laws; repeal.                         Fleming
   %       01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 206  Health care practitioners; out-of-state licensees may     Fleming
        practice without Mississippi license on voluntary      
        charitable basis.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 207  Abortions; limit the legalization of.                     Fleming
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 320  Psychiatric drugs; Health Department study use by and     Fleming
        effects on school-age children.                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 321  Obesity; require Health Department to study effects of    Fleming
        and make recommendations to the Legislature.           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 322  Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer and    Brown *
        abolish Division of Medicaid.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 337  Audiologists; exempt from hearing aid specialists         Martinson
        licensure law.                                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 360  Medical errors; establish task force to evaluate          Fleming
        impact.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 427  "Jobline"; Department of Rehabilitation Services to       Clarke
        establish a touch-tone national job search system.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 442  Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal        Ford
   %    System Law; reenact and extend the repealer for one    
        year.                                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 444  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer   Ford
 *      and allow coverage of certain dental services.         
           04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 445  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer.       Ford
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 470  Certificate of need; extend repealer.                     Ford
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 471  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Ford
 *         03/24 Approved by Governor
HB 473  Medicaid; extend repealer on implantable programmable     Ford
 *      pump.                                                  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 478  Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend           Ford
        repealer for one year.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 479  Department of Human Services; extend repealer.            Ford
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 481  Permit requirements for persons providing home medical    Ford
   %    equipment; extend repealer.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 504  Cosmetology Board; reenact and extend repealer on.        Young
 * %       02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 512  Medicaid; extend repealer on contingency plan for         Ford
        millennium conversion.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 517  State Board of Health and the State Department of         Ford
   %    Health; extend repealer for one year.                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 519  State Board of Psychologists and licensing                Ford
   %    requirements; extend repealer for one year.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 520  Mississippi Board of Optometry; extend repealer.          Ford
 * %       02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 521  Marriage and Family Therapy; extend repealer on           Ford
   %    Licensure Act.                                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 522  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer.   Ford
 * %       03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 546  Medicaid and CHIP; expand eligibility to include          Espy
        parents and caretaker relatives of certain children.   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 551  School nurse intervention program; establish special      Dedeaux
        fund and program to assist school districts in         
        defraying costs of.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 578  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 614  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test, and verifying health certificate every four      
        years.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 631  Corrective lenses; prescription issued to person over     Fillingane
        age 18 does not expire.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 634  Foster care payments; limit to two children per family,   Roberson
        and increase for children with debilitating diseases.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 665  Nurse practitioners; regulations regarding practice       Stevens
        will be promulgated only by Board of Nursing.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 670  Elderly and vulnerable adults; create task force to       Eads
        study and report to Legislature.                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 671  Death; delete provision from Medical Examiner Act         Compretta
        allowing certain nonphysicians to express opinion of   
        occurrence.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 681  Cemeteries; provide cause of action to enforce care and   Ellis
        maintenance of.                                        
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 683  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 688  Children; provide for legal baby drop-off instead of      Stevens
        abandonment.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 692  Public water systems; certain cross connections not       Denny
 *      required to have backflow preventers.                  
           04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 703  Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); provide       Smith (39th)
        comprehensive pediatric dental care under.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 759  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create.   Barnett (92nd)
 *         04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 767  Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for            Young
 *      additional in Lauderdale County.                       
           04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 797  Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women; create.    Scott (17th)
 *         04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 822  Immunity; provide to certain church-operated medical      Flaggs
 *      clinics and to legislative "doctors of the day".       
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 832  Mississippi Board of Psychology; extend repealer and      Moody
   %    make technical amendments.                             
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 833  Liability; provide immunity for retired physicians who    Moody
        serve Legislature as "doctor of the day."              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 853  Children; provide for drop-off centers as alternative     Clarke
        to abandonment.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 881  Medicaid; revise eligibility and services provisions.     Moody
 * %       04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 882  Marriage records; delete specific fee charged by Health   Moody
   %    Department to certify for court purposes.              
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 929  Persons with disabilities; provide for development of     Evans
 * %    comprehensive state plan for providing services to.    
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 939  Medicaid and CHIP; provide for presumptive eligibility    Espy
        for children under those programs.                     
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 967  Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from    Moak
   %    charging excessive rates.                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 978  Optometry; extend repealer and authorize certified        Guice
   %    optometrists to administer and prescribe drugs related 
        to practice.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 981  Nursing homes; require criminal history checks on all     Moody
   %    new direct patient care employees.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 983  CHIP; provide for more informative denial notice and      Holland
        for referral of denied applicants to consumer          
        assistance programs.                                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 986  Newborn screening tests; attending physician provide      Holland
 *      parents with information about additional tests        
        available.                                             
           04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 991  Medicaid; seek federal waiver to cover services in both   Holland
        Level I and Level II personal care homes.              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 993  Massage therapists; license and regulate.                 Broomfield
   %       01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1000  Medicaid; provide for reimbursement for nursing           Moody
        facility services for the severely disabled.           
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB1001  Medicaid; certain services for dually eligible            Holland
 *      beneficiaries are reimbursable under.                  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1006  Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50       Banks
        years old to Department of Archives and History.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1017  Emergency medical services (EMS) statutes; make           Moody
        technical amendments to.                               
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1018  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Moody
   %    extend repealer on.                                    
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1019  Newborn screening program; authorize Health Department    Moody
        to test for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).      
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1022  Early hearing detection and intervention program for      Moody
        newborns, infants and toddlers; make technical         
        amendments to.                                         
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1025  Social workers and marriage and family therapists         Moody
   %    licensing law; reenact and make technical amendments   
        to.                                                    
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1026  Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers; make     Moody
        technical amendments to.                               
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1027  Nursing; Workforce Program and Office of Nursing          Moody
        Workforce; revise provisions relating to.              
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB1028  Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions     Moody
        and definitions.                                       
           03/12 Approved by Governor
HB1053  Obesity; create Mississippi Council on Obesity            Whittington
        Prevention and Management.                             
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1082  Hospital beds; allow transfer from North Panola           McBride
 *      Community Hospital to South Panola Community Hospital  
        without CON review.                                    
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1090  Death certificates; medical amendments in court require   Holland
 *      medical examiner and county medical examiner as        
        defendants.                                            
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1120  State Board of Health; establish penalties for persons    Frierson
        violating reporting requirements (PEER).               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1153  Medicaid; allow at least 20 days of outpatient            Myers
        physician's services annually for all recipients.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1163  Nurses; Nursing Board is responsible for legitimate       Read
 * %    drug traffic among nurses.                             
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB1173  Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with     Rushing
        certain income shall receive under Medicaid.           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  Medicaid; increase income allowed for eligibility of      Reynolds
        elderly and disabled persons.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1195  Water and wastewater; Department of Environmental         Broomfield
   %    Quality to regulate rather than Department of Health.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1224  Occupational Therapy Licensure Act; amendments to.        Moody
   %       03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1225  Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend        Moody
 * %    repealer and require liability insurance for           
        installers.                                            
           04/07 Approved by Governor
HB1226  State Tobacco Prevention and Control Commission;          Moody
        establish.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1238  Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having       Grist
 *      high drug expenses eligible for.                       
           04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1245  Autopsy report; parents of deceased persons shall be      Banks
        provided a copy.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1250  Vulnerable Adults Act; provide for mandated reporters     Smith (39th)
   %    of abuse and require criminal background checks for    
        nursing home employees.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1258  TANF; require DHS to establish resource program for       Scott (80th)
        recipients starting a business and require recipients  
        to use program.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1261  Division of Family and Youth Services; create study       Clark
        committee on.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1266  Physicians; provide grants and tax credits to practice    Scott (80th)
   %    family medicine in critical needs areas.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1275  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Moody
 *      Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
        children.                                              
           04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1281  Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to serve as     Clarke
        coordinating agency for children and family services.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1298  Medicare Upper Payments Limits Program; Division of       Moody
   %    Medicaid shall establish for hospitals.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1302  Barbers; revise several provisions of licensure law.      Moody
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1305  Personal care homes and Alzheimer's units; provide        Moody
        certain minimum licensure requirements.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1308  Medicaid; services provided to children under EPSDT by    Whittington
        licensed professional counselors are reimbursable.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1314  Department of Human Services; extend repealer and         Moody
 *      delete authority for privatized child support          
        collection.                                            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1315  Domestic violence; DHS enforce standards to help          Scott (80th)
        protect TANF recipients who are victims of.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1319  Vulnerable Adults Act; revise and provide enhanced        Franks
   %    penalties for crimes against the elderly.              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1323  Mentally ill person; revise time for delivery to          Mayo
        facility after commitment order.                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1333  Mental health facilities and procedures; revise and       Moody
 * %    update various laws regarding.                         
           03/30 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1349  Death certificates; attending physicians must sign        Banks
        within ten days after presented.                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1383  Child care facility; person with registered nurse         Creel
   %    license and OCY credential may be operator of.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1391  Nurses; add nurse member to Board of Mental Health.       Rotenberry
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1396  CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires   Ketchings
        CON review to $5 million.                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1425  Commitment; revise certain provisions.                    Watson
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1444  Safe Drinking Water Act; repeal.                          Moore (60th)
   %       01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1445  Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend        Ellington
   %    repealer and require approval of installation.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1449  Medicaid; division must follow reimbursement guidelines   Moody
        for long-term care facilities.                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1458  Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend        Franks
   %    repealer and require approval of installation.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1478  Personal care homes; resident may continue to reside      Taylor
 * %    there with consent regardless of certain licensing     
        agency determination.                                  
           04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1479  Nursing home surveyors; require to observe actual         Smith (59th)
 *      nursing home operations.                               
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1480  Medicaid; provide eligibility for certain women needing   Holland
        treatment for breast or cervical cancer.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1490  Septic tanks; require mobile home owners to install       Rotenberry
        within six months.                                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1503  Home Detention for Juveniles Program; establish under     Scott (80th)
   %    Department of Human Services.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
SB2032  EBT system for food stamps; clarify implementation        Huggins
        dates.                                                 
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2107  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
   %    facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2135  State Board of Cosmetology; extend automatic repealer     Bryan
 *      on.                                                    
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2137  MS Chiropractic Practice Act; make technical amendments   Huggins
   %    and extend repealer.                                   
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2182  School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend     Harden
        for one year.                                          
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2209  Emergency Medical Service (EMS); statutes; make           Huggins
 *      technical amendments to.                               
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2210  Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); State Dept. of      Huggins
        Health add to newborn screening program.               
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2211  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Huggins
   %    extend repealer.                                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2212  Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers Act; make     Huggins
        technical amendments to.                               
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2241  Limited physicians license; authorize for director of     Huggins
 *      state hospital.                                        
           03/05 Approved by Governor
SB2251  Adolescent psych beds; authorize CON for additional in    Huggins
 *      Lauderdale Co.; give certain county hospitals priority 
        for CONs.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2266  Early hearing detection and intervention program for      Huggins
        infants and toddlers; make technical amendments to.    
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2268  Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions     Huggins
        and definitions.                                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2270  State Board of Optometry; extend repealer on.             Huggins
 *         03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2271  Mississippi Board of Psychology; extend repealer and      Huggins
   %    make technical amendments.                             
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2287  Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapists Licensing     Huggins
   %    Law; extend repealer and make technical amendments     
        thereto.                                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2292  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Huggins
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2301  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Farris
 *      reform on its recipients.                              
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2307  Charge fee to certify any copy of a marriage record for   Huggins
   %    court purposes; delete specific fee.                   
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2333  CON exemption for continuing care retirement              Huggins
 *      facilities; extend repealer.                           
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2342  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Thames
 *      Youth; establish and empower to provide coordinated    
        services to SED children.                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2343  MS Occupational Therapy Practice Act; revise              Huggins
   %    definitions and make technical amendments to.          
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2350  Personal care homes and Alzheimer's units; provide        Huggins
 *      certain minimum licensure requirements.                
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2360  Massage therapists; license and regulate.                 Huggins
 * %       04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2373  MS Council on Obesity Prevention and Management;          Dawkins
        establish.                                             
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2392  Liability; provide immunity for any church operating a    Chaney
 *      charity medical clinic.                                
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2424  Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program for hospital        Little
 * %    Medicaid reimbursement; Division of Medicaid to        
        establish.                                             
           02/27 Approved by Governor
SB2501  Vulnerable Adults Act; enhance penalties, define abuse    Little
 * %    and require criminal background checks for employees.  
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2503  Study Mississippi Department of Children's Affairs;       Smith
 * %    extend repealer on DHS.                                
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2507  Personal care homes; require patient deposit accounts     Farris
 *      and certain records in patient's rooms.                
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2552  Office of Nursing Workforce in the Board of Nursing;      Huggins
 *      rename and clarify responsibilities.                   
           03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2639  Immunization of school children; clarify requirements.    Huggins
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2648  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Minor
 *      prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2694  Department of Human Services; require notice to county    Mettetal
        board of supervisors of vacant county director         
        position.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2752  Office of Community Services in DHS; change name to       Huggins
        Office of Juvenile Probation/Aftercare.                
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2754  Implantable pumps are reimbursed by Medicaid as other     Bryan
 *      allowable costs, with exception; provide that.         
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2757  Commission on the Status of Women; establish.             Williamson
 *         02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2760  Mentally ill; revise commitment.                          Turner
           03/05 Approved by Governor
SB2796  Board of Mental Health; authorize negotiation for sale    Thames
 * %    of Boswell Regional Center property.                   
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2806  Organ donation; clarify authority of organ donor.         Bryan
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2957  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend        Dawkins
 * %    repealer.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2990  Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; extend            Huggins
        repealer.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee

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