Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

House Public Health and Welfare Committee

As of 04/30/02 at 14:36

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HB  14  Obesity; require Health Department to study effects of    Fleming
        and make recommendations to the Legislature.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  21  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  25  Child care; create grant program to assist certain        Fleming
        parents with cost of providing for their children.     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  33  Abortions; prohibit from being performed or taught at     Fleming
        UMMC.                                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  39  Birth certificate; provide for certain stillborn          Simpson
        babies.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  41  CHIP; expand eligibility to include parents of CHIP       Flaggs
        children and pregnant women.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  63  Pharmacies; provide immunity to those operated by         Zuber
        churches for charitable purposes.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 140  Division of Family and Youth Services; create study       Clark
        committee on.                                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 141  Children's Health Insurance Program; may include          Moak
        parents of eligible children if funds available.       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 146  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 160  Abortion; restrict the time period during which it will   Fleming
        be legal.                                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 161  Certificate of need laws; repeal.                         Fleming
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 162  Needles; Board of Health adopt regulations to reduce      Fleming
        transmission of bloodborne pathogens through.          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 213  Medical errors; establish task force to evaluate          Fleming
        impact.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 216  Psychiatric drugs; Health Department study use by and     Fleming
        effects on school-age children.                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 243  Health care providers; require to itemize each            Mayo
        individual service and charged on bills to patients.   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 262  Elderly and vulnerable adults; create task force to       Eads
        study and report to Legislature.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 305  Community public water system; limit required             Taylor
   %    management training to members with supervisory        
        responsibility.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 328  Social workers; DHS may hire nonlicensed persons in       Dedeaux
        areas with shortage of applicants.                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 341  Nursing facility; allow 15 Medicaid beds at existing      Flaggs
        facility in Vicksburg.                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 361  Public funds; prohibit use for stem cell research,        Wells-Smith
        human cloning and abortions.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 388  Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay       Ishee
        cost of special formulas and foods for persons having. 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 400  DHS; provide for board, and terms for executive           Moody
 *      director and office directors.                         
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 415  Board of Barber Examiners; reenact and extend repealer    Ford
 * %    on (RP).                                               
           04/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB 416  Board of Pharmacy; reenact and extend repealer on (RP).   Ford
 * %       02/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB 434  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Ford
 * %    reenact and extend repealer on (RP).                   
           04/01 Approved by Governor
HB 475  Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Licensure Law;       Ford
   %    reenact and extend repealer on (RP).                   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 476  Dietetics Practice Act; reenact and extend repealer on    Ford
   %    (RP).                                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 477  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on (RP).    Ford
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 478  Art Therapists Licensure Law; reenact and extend          Ford
 * %    repealer on (RP).                                      
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB 479  Board of Dental Examiners; reenact and extend repealer    Ford
   %    on.  (RP).                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 481  Nonviable community public water systems; extend          Ford
        repealer on provision requiring Health Department to   
        identify and assist (RP).                              
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 504  Prescription Drug Fair-Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 513  Nursing home assessment; levy only on Medicaid beds.      Montgomery (74th)
  $%       02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB 553  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 562  Death certificates; medical amendments in court require   Holland
        Medical Examiner and county medical examiner as        
        defendants.                                            
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB 566  CON; not required to provide extracorporeal lithotripsy   Holland
        services.                                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 567  Personal care homes; change references to "personal       Holland
   %    care home/assisted living facility".                   
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 572  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Moody
 * %    make technical amendments.                             
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 574  Baby drop-off; revise entities authorized to accept       Taylor
        newborn child.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 600  CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires   Ketchings
        CON review to $5 million.                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 617  Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be       Fillingane
        board certified in OB/GYN.                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 622  Corrective lenses; prescription issued to person over     Fillingane
        age 18 does not expire.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 648  TANF benefits; deny to parents who fail to comply with    Fillingane *
        certain recommendations to improve child's health.     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 651  Certificate of need program; abolish.                     Fillingane
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 714  Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer and    Holland
        abolish Division of Medicaid.                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 716  State Board of Human Services; create to provide policy   Holland
        direction for DHS.                                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 717  Newborn infants; require screening for conditions         Holland
 *      specified by the State Board of Health.                
           04/11 Approved by Governor
HB 815  Medicaid and CHIP; require presumptive eligibility to     Espy
        be implemented statewide by July 1, 2002.              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 820  Elder death review teams; authorize counties to           Moak
        establish.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 821  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 837  Medicaid and CHIP; expand eligibility to include          Espy
        parents and caretaker relatives of certain children.   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 843  Medicaid; SSA disabled persons with certain income        Pierce
        eligible for until become Medicare-eligible.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 846  Board of Medical Licensure; require applicants for        Barnett (92nd)
        license to be fingerprinted.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 859  Massage therapy; extend time on grandfather exemption     Moody
 *      in law requiring registration.                         
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB 868  Medicaid; provide reimbursement for full body casts for   Fillingane
        certain adults with spina bifida.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 870  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test, and verifying health certificate every four      
        years.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 872  Medicaid; mental health services provided by licensed     McCoy
        professional counselors are reimbursable under.        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 891  Healthcare Coordinating Council; create to establish      Moody
 *      preventive health care plan.                           
           03/25 Approved by Governor
HB 898  Medicaid providers; must give patients copy of bill       Wells-Smith
        submitted to receive Medicaid reimbursement.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 904  Nursing homes; specify venue, add to statute of           Holland
   %    limitations and revise various statutes relating to.   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 905  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; conform statutes   Moody
        to federal law.                                        
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB 906  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; reenact and delete    Moody
 * %    the repealer.                                          
           04/25 Approved by Governor
HB 923  Autopsy report; parents of deceased persons shall be      Banks
        provided a copy.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 937  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Ellington
   %    reenact and make technical amendments to.              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 957  Funeral Service Board; reenact and make various changes   Holland
 * %    to law.                                                
           04/01 Approved by Governor
HB 962  Death reports; notify Bureau of Narcotics of drug         Watson
        overdoses.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 970  Security guards at mental health/retardation              Moody
        facilities; authorize promotion to constable after     
        proper training.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 971  Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility in Brookhaven;           Moody
   %    authorize administration by Dept. of Mental Health.    
           02/13 (H) Died In Committee
HB 984  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; create.                  Moak
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 999  Wastewater disposal system installers; reduce liability   Frierson
   %    insurance limits required for certification.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1008  Pedorthist; must be certified by certain organization     Davis
        to practice.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1021  Death certificates; attending physicians must sign        Banks
        within ten days after presented.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1034  Medicaid and CHIP; expand eligibility to include          Evans
        parents and caretaker relatives of certain children.   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1070  Mississippi Access to Care (MAC) Plan; establish          Moody
 *      oversight committee to coordinate implementation and   
        funding of.                                            
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1089  EMS; first responders and EMTs may carry and administer   Moody
 *      epinephrine by auto-injectors for allergic reactions.  
           04/25 Approved by Governor
HB1096  Community hospitals; require to make monthly reports      Wells-Smith
   %    upon request of board of supervisors.                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1111  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; extend     Moody
 * %    repealer and licensure law and revise certain          
        provisions.                                            
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB1114  Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend        Franks
   %    repealer and require approval of installation.         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1118  Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50       Banks
        years old to Department of Archives and History.       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1131  Essential Service Provider Assistance Program; create     Howell
   %    to assist certain hospitals and physicians.            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1140  ICF/MR facility; authorize certificate of need in         Coleman (29th)
        District II.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1160  Criminal record background check requirement for          Moody
   %    licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make   
        technical amendments.                                  
           02/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB1200  Medicaid; reduce reimbursements and transfer funds from   Moody
 *      Health Care Trust Fund.                                
           03/06 Approved by Governor
HB1201  Medicaid; technical amendments to, and revise various     Holland
   %    statutes relating to nursing homes.                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1202  Nursing homes; revise various statutes relating to.       Holland
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1204  Mental health facility; director may transfer             Moody
        patient/resident to another facility.                  
           03/22 Approved by Governor
HB1205  Mental health institutions; update statutory listings     Moody
        of.                                                    
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB1209  Optometrists, certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1249  Casket stores; require registration with and regulation   Banks
        by the State Board of Funeral Service.                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1273  Nursing home; authorize CON for construction in           Green
        underserved minority ZIP code area in certain county.  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1300  Central health data registry system; create to maintain   Holland
 *      certain medical information.                           
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB1301  Community hospitals; hospital leased by another           Moody
        hospital remains subject to community hospital laws.   
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB1302  School psychologists; persons under contract with         Moody
        school districts may use certain titles.               
           03/22 Approved by Governor
HB1304  Physicians; require license applicants to be              Barnett (92nd)
        fingerprinted.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1308  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Fredericks
   %    therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1319  Chiropractors; delete requirement for U.S. citizenship    Moody
 *      for licensure.                                         
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB1338  Cigarettes; enact Mississippi Cigarette Anti-Conduit      Moody
   %    Act.                                                   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1362  Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally        Moody
   %    Disturbed; provide for administration by Dept. of      
        Mental Health.                                         
           02/13 (H) Died In Committee
HB1363  Criminal record background checks; Dept of Mental         Moody
   %    Health may perform for prospective employees and       
        volunteers.                                            
           02/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB1365  Contact lens; Fair Trade Practice Act for procurement     Fillingane
        of.                                                    
           03/13 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1370  Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all     Woods
        beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in    
        Medicaid.                                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1373  State health care programs; create task force to study    Scott (80th)
        feasibility of merging various.                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1378  Rehabilitation services laws; update terminology,         Moody
 * %    revise various provisions and conform to federal law.  
           03/20 Approved by Governor
HB1426  Nursing homes; increase staffing requirement for.         Clarke
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1456  Physicians; provide income tax credit to move to and      Scott (80th)
 * %    practice in critical needs areas.                      
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1466  Home Detention for Juveniles Program; establish under     Scott (80th)
   %    Department of Human Services.                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1471  Domestic violence; DHS enforce standards to help          Scott (80th)
        protect TANF recipients who are victims of.            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1480  Abortions; prohibit use of public funds for.              Wells-Smith
 *         04/17 Approved by Governor
HB1487  Pharmacists; those with 4 or 5 year pharmacy degree may   Bowles
   %    use title "Doctor of Pharmacy."                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1536  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places, with         Moody
        certain exceptions.                                    
           02/13 (H) Died In Committee
HB1537  Nursing home administration; revise certain licensure     Moody
 * %    requirements and increase exam and license fees.       
           04/11 Approved by Governor
HB1541  Blind and disabled persons; establish telephone reading   Clarke
        services program for.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1544  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; add         Whittington
        representative of Mississippi Chronic Illness Coalition
        to.                                                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1618  Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.                       Straughter
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1650  Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from    Moak
        charging excessive rates.                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1664  Medicaid; funds transferred by public entities may be     Moody
 *      used as matching funds for certain services under.     
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1670  Community public water system; require training for       Ellington
 *      elected officials responsible for system (Water Task   
        Force).                                                
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1888  Medicaid; allow Governor flexibility to administer the    Moody
    @   program.                                               
           04/12 (S) Died In Committee
SB2017  Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend     Huggins
   %    repealer on licensure law.                             
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2018  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer.      Huggins
   %       03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2085  Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; make technical     Huggins
        amendments in conformity with federal law.             
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2128  Adult foster care family homes and group homes; provide   Burton
   %    for licensure and regulation of.                       
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2129  Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer.    Huggins
 * %       04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2178  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
   %    facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2189  Mississippi Medicaid Law; make technical amendments to.   Huggins
 * % V     04/12 (S) Veto Overridden
SB2191  Criminal record background check requirement for          Huggins
 * %    licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make   
        technical amendments.                                  
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2204  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Huggins
 * %    make technical amendments.                             
           04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2326  Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer and revise     Thames
 * %    laws regulating barber profession.                     
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2394  Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare    Farris
        reform on its recipients.                              
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
 *      spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2487  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
   %    forward and delete repealer.                           
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2576  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Huggins
 * %    reenact and extend repealer on.                        
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2656  Lease of public hospital; clarify board appointing        Huggins
        authority where lessee is another public hospital.     
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2657  Licensed chiropractor shall be a citizen of the United    Huggins
 *      States; delete requirement.                            
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2659  Director of Mississippi Department of Mental Health       Huggins
        facilities may transfer patient/resident to another    
        facility; authorize.                                   
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2662  Criminal record background checks on prospective          Huggins
 * %    employees and volunteers at the Department of Mental   
        Health; authorize.                                     
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2663  Juvenile Rehab Center in Brookhaven, Ms; authorize        Huggins
 *      administration by State Dept of Mental Health.         
           04/02 Approved by Governor
SB2664  Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally        Huggins
 *      Disturbed; provide for administration by Ms Dept. of   
        Mental Health.                                         
           04/02 Approved by Governor
SB2666  Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical        Huggins
 * %    therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from 
        Board of Health.                                       
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2667  Central hospital health data registry system; authorize   Huggins
 *      under direction of State Dept. of Health.              
           04/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB2694  Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize    Huggins
 *      promotion to campus police after proper training.      
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2880  Physicians license; authorize for former director of      Thames
        state hospital.                                        
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2940  New facilities administered by MS Department of Mental    Huggins
     V  Health; add to reimbursement statutes.                 
           03/30 (S) Veto Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2971  Ambulance services licensee; not required to conform      Robertson
        with certain local laws or regulations.                
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB3060  Community mental health center transfer funds may be      Huggins
 *      used for Medicaid match for mental health or           
        home/community services; authorize.                    
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB3207  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on.         Little
 *  @      04/11 Approved by Governor

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