Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

House Public Health and Welfare Committee

As of 05/14/03 at 08:17

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HB   4  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  67  Baby drop-off; revise entities authorized to accept       Taylor
        newborn child.                                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  95  Child care; create grant program to assist certain        Fleming
        parents with cost of providing for their children.     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  96  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 101  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 111  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 129  Board of Medical Licensure; require applicants for        Barnett (92nd)
        license to be fingerprinted.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 165  Medical errors; establish task force to evaluate          Fleming
        impact.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 168  Psychiatric drugs; Health Department study use by and     Fleming
        effects on school-age children.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 192  Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay       Ishee
        cost of special formulas and foods for persons having. 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 211  Abortion; restrict the time period during which it will   Fleming
        be legal.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 212  Needles; Board of Health adopt regulations to reduce      Fleming
        transmission of bloodborne pathogens through.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 255  Pharmacists; those with four- or five-year pharmacy       Bowles
   %    degree may use title "Doctor of Pharmacy."             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 268  Funeral directors; require to complete continuing         McBride
   %    education courses each year.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 293  Vulnerable adults act; clarify definition of caregiver    Mayo
        and vulnerable adult with regard to nursing facilities.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 321  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 364  Department of Human Services; authorize to compile list   Dedeaux
   %    of people interested in adopting children.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 433  Dead bodies; provide family the right to exhume body      Taylor
        and move to another grave site.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 455  Medicaid; require notice to division in actions against   Taylor
        health care facilities by recipients of.               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 485  Elderly and vulnerable adults; create task force to       Eads
        study and report to Legislature.                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 511  Community public water system; limit required             Taylor
   %    management training to members with supervisory        
        responsibility.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 514  Abuse/neglect central registry; criminal conviction not   Fleming
 *      required for inclusion in.                             
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB 525  Medicaid; SSA disabled persons with certain income        Pierce
        eligible for until become Medicare-eligible.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 531  Department of Youth Services; create new agency and       Moore (100th)
   %    transfer functions from DHS to.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 552  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.                  Mayo
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 553  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in         Mayo
        separately enclosed bars.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 560  Licensed professional counselors; revise board make up    Whittington
   %    and require continuing education before license may be 
        renewed.                                               
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 605  Board of Medical Licensure; revise hearings and appeals   Eads
 *      provisions.                                            
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 609  Death from drug overdose; require reporting of to         Taylor
        medical examiner and Narcotics Bureau.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 646  Physicians; require license applicants to be              Barnett (92nd)
        fingerprinted.                                         
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 668  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 669  Department of Human Services; funds apportioned           Guice
        equitably among county offices, and employees immune   
        from liability.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 698  Contracts; prohibit noncompetition provisions in          Ishee
        certain contracts between health care providers and    
        others.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 718  Hospital; authorize CON for construction in City of       Woods
        Olive Branch in DeSoto County.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 719  CON; not required to provide extracorporeal lithotripsy   Holland
        services.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 720  Medicaid; require all licensed health care providers to   Holland
   %    be Medicaid providers as condition of licensure.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 730  Division of Family and Youth Services; create study       Clark
        committee on.                                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 738  Community Mental Health Centers; authorize to             Moody
 * %    fingerprint and perform background checks on employees 
        and volunteers.                                        
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 739  Board of Mental Health; clarify authority to use          Moody
   %    fingerprinting for employee background checks.         
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 740  Board of Mental Health; authorize to enter leases with    Moody
 * %    state and federal agencies.                            
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 749  Automated external defibrillator; prescribe conditions    Moody
 *      for use outside health care facility.                  
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 758  Social workers; enact Mississippi Critical Social         Dedeaux
        Worker Shortage Act.                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 765  Child care facilities; extend repealer on certain         Ford
        provisions regarding accreditation and exemptions.     
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 766  Nonviable community public water systems; extend          Ford
   %    repealer on provision requiring Health Department to   
        identify and assist.                                   
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 774  Pregnancy; extend repealer on Mississippi Reducing        Ford
 *      Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund.       
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB 775  Disabled persons; extend repealer on law for              Ford
        development of comprehensive plan for providing        
        services to.                                           
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 776  Medicaid; extend repealer on provisions pertaining to     Ford
        drug formulary.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 777  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer on certain   Ford
 *      provisions applicable to.                              
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 812  Community health clinics; provide immunity from           Robertson
        liability for those serving uninsured patients.        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 822  Medicaid; division shall not provide reimbursement for    Fleming
        prescriptions of Ritalin.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 825  Health Care Expendable Fund; Treasurer shall deposit      Moody
        2003 tobacco settlement installment payment into.      
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 827  2003 tobacco settlement payment; transfer portion to      Shows *
        Medicaid for expenses of heart/lung transplants.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 828  Prescription Drug Fair-Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 845  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Ford
 * %    extend repealer and revise certain provisions.         
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 864  TANF and food stamp benefits; person using EBT card to    Warren
        access benefits must present photo ID.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 877  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test and verifying health certificate every four years.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 895  Drug repository program; establish for donation and       Moody
 *      dispensing of unused drugs to eligible individuals.    
           03/12 (S) Died On Calendar
HB 896  Medicaid; revise eligibility and services, and prohibit   Moody
   %    CONs for certain facilities.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 897  Medicaid; make technical amendments to Medicaid laws.     Moody
 * %       04/21 Approved by Governor
HB 918  Breast cancer; establish research program for at UMMC     Robertson
   %    and control program for in Health Department.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 930  CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires   Ketchings
        CON review to $5 million.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 942  Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from    Moak
        charging excessive rates.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 945  Medical license; create limited faculty medical           Barnett (92nd)
 * %    license.                                               
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 946  Medical license; allow renewal by electronic means.       Barnett (92nd)
 * %       04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 956  Medicaid; provide reimbursement for full body casts for   Fillingane
        certain adults with spina bifida.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 961  Contact lens; Fair Trade Practice Act for procurement     Fillingane
        of.                                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 964  Abortion; if abortion fails child may not be              Fillingane
        intentionally allowed to die.                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 970  State Board of Human Services; create to provide policy   Holland
        direction for DHS.                                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 989  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Whittington
 *      existence until 2006.                                  
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB 995  Medicaid and Rehabilitation Services; allow one vehicle   Moody
 *      to be unmarked.                                        
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 997  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer on           Moody
        organization of.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 998  Medical examiners; must perform death scene               Moody
        investigation for all unexplained infant deaths.       
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1000  Medicaid; division shall apply for waiver of facility     Snowden
   %    assessment upon request.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1005  Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be       Fillingane
        board certified in OB/GYN.                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1011  Hepatitis C; require health care provider licensing       Flaggs
        boards to establish guidelines to protect public from. 
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1019  Child care facility licensure; delete repealer on         Moody
        exemption for certain accredited programs.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1020  Criminal background checks; clarify procedures for        Moody
   %    certain employees at health care facilities.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1021  Department of Health; revise fees for food service        Moody *
        establishments, wastewater disposal systems and        
        pressure vessels.                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1022  Personal care homes; delete repealer on certain           Moody
   %    licensure standards for.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1025  Vulnerable Adults Act; require report of death caused     Moak
        by abuse.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1032  Therapeutic riding instructors; establish state program   Ford
   %    of certification for.                                  
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB1042  Medicaid; division shall establish policy prioritizing    Rotenberry
   %    services to be provided when under funded.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1045  Medicaid; revise reimbursement for ambulance.             Moody
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1046  Mississippi individual on-site wastewater disposal        Moody
   %    system law; extend repealer and reenact with changes.  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1049  Podiatrists; revise definition of practice of podiatric   Robertson
        medicine.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1055  Board of Dental Examiners; revise certain licensure       Moody
   %    requirements.                                          
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1061  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; enact and require        Ryals
   %    certain physicians to undergo drug testing.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1077  Criminal background checks for health care workers;       Smith (59th)
 * %    clarify procedures.                                    
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1087  Vaccinations; Health Department shall offer to first      Moody
 *      responders going to disaster locations.                
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB1096  Community hospitals; revise types of investments for.     Howell
 *         03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1097  State Board of Health; revise composition of.             Moody
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1108  Governor's Department of Disability; establish.           Holland
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1114  C.O.N.; issue to establish end stage renal dialysis       Howell
        facility in Montgomery County.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1127  Nursing homes; if only one nursing home in a county, it   Green
        may increase number of Medicaid beds without CON.      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1151  Caskets stores; require registration with and             Banks
        regulation by the State Board of Funeral Service.      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1220  Hospital employees; establish program of paid             Moody
 * %    educational leave for.                                 
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB1221  Hospitals; establish rural hospital assistance program    Holland
   %    for those in financial distress.                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1222  Rehabilitation services; amend CON law to specifically    Moody
        address distinct-part rehabilitation services.         
           02/13 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1225  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with          Mayo
        certain exceptions.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1245  State health care programs; create task force to study    Scott (80th)
        feasibility of merging various.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1252  Domestic violence; DHS enforce standards to help          Scott (80th)
        protect TANF recipients who are victims of.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1301  Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,    Scott (80th)
 * %    pharmacists; give income tax credit if move to and     
        practice in critical needs area.                       
           03/12 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1306  Child care facilities; DHS may disclose to Health         Moody
 * %    Department any employment applicant whose name is on   
        child abuse registry.                                  
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB1321  Medicaid; division shall not set limits on drugs/tests    Flaggs
        for HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1333  DHS; provide for board, and terms for executive           Moody
        director and office directors.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1392  Abortion; minors without parental consent may not         Fillingane
        obtain until court waives consent requirement.         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1410  First Responder; repeal provisions requiring              Moore (60th)
        certification of.                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1419  Medicaid and CHIP; require presumptive eligibility to     Espy
        be implemented statewide by July 1, 2003.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1422  Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all     Woods
        beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in    
        Medicaid.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1429  Hospitals; allow critical access hospitals to bank        Moody
        licensed hospital acute care beds.                     
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1432  Funeral goods and services; codify federal price          Banks
        disclosure requirements.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1437  Hospitals; establish Essential Service Provider           Holland
   %    Assistance Program for rural areas.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1438  First responders; not required to be under medical        Pierce
        control under certain circumstances.                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1445  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; enact.                   Ryals
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2028  Appointments to State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;    Little
        to be from 4 new congressional districts.              
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2149  Exemption from child-care facility licensure for          Huggins
 *      certain accredited programs; extend the repealer for   
        one year.                                              
           03/19 Approved by Governor
SB2151  Infant Mortality Task Force organization; extend          Huggins
        repealer.                                              
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2238  Fees charged by State Dept of Health for food service     Huggins
   %    establishments, wastewater disposal systems and        
        pressure vessels; revise.                              
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2249  Coroners to perform a death scene investigation for       Huggins
        unexplained infant deaths; require.                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2269  Unmarked vehicles; authorize use by Division of           Huggins
 *      Medicaid and State Fire Marshal's Office.              
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2270  Public water authorities; authorize creation.             Robertson
 * %       04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2272  Child-care licensure requirements; delete certain         Huggins
   %    reports.                                               
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2294  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; authorized to      Huggins
   %    establish preceptorship program, temporary and         
        emergency licenses.                                    
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2295  Certain licensure standards for personal care homes;      Huggins
   %    delete repealer.                                       
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2338  State Board of Health; appointments to be from new        Huggins
 *      congressional districts.                               
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2340  Critical access hospitals may relicense acute care beds   Huggins
 *   V  without CON; authorize.                                
           03/31 (S) Veto Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2346  Medicaid; make technical amendments and place certain     Huggins
 * %    limits on services.                                    
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2349  Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers;   Huggins
 * %    may be paid by parents involved.                       
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2373  Paid educational leave for hospital employees;            Huggins
        establish program for.                                 
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2393  Rural Hospital Essential Service Provider Assistance      Huggins
   %    Program; establish under Hospital Equipment/Facilities 
        Authority.                                             
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2427  Vulnerable Adults Act; revise definition of               Tollison
 *      exploitation and the penalty for exploitation of a     
        vulnerable adult.                                      
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2444  Criminal background checks for health care workers;       Huggins
        clarify procedures.                                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2520  Individual on-site wastewater disposal systems; revise    Ross
 *      criteria for determining feasibility and availability. 
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2648  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places, with         Dawkins
 *      certain exceptions.                                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2679  CON for psychiatric residential and child/acute care      Chaney
 *      beds in Warren County; rescind old CON and issue new   
        CON.                                                   
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2680  Practice of chiropractic; authorize chiropractors to      Little *
        treat animals under certain conditions.                
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2753  Vaccination programs for first responders subject to      Huggins
 *      bioterrorism or natural disasters; provide for.        
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee

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