Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

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HB  56  Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result   Moak
        from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB  86  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
 *      having right of consent to.                            
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 125  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; create.                  Moak
   %       02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 139  Child care; create grant program to assist certain        Fleming
        parents with cost of providing for their children.     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 140  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 158  Attention Deficit Disorder; require physician or          Fleming
        psychiatrist to report number of children diagnosed    
        with to school districts.                              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 162  Clean Indoor Air Act; create.                             Fleming
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 164  Medical examiner; provide for confidentiality of          Fleming
        certain reports in death investigations.               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 165  CON; authorize for community living program for           Martinson
        developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 227  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.                  Mayo
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 228  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in         Mayo
        separately enclosed bars.                              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 229  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with          Mayo
        certain exceptions.                                    
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 231  Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay       Ishee
        cost of special formulas and foods for persons having. 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 236  Speech pathologists and audiologists; extend repealer     Warren
 * %    on regulation of.                                      
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 239  Optometry; extend repealer on the regulation of the       Warren
   %    practice of.                                           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 241  CON; extend repealer on the exemption of nursing          Warren
        facilities.                                            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 246  Licensure of hearing aid specialists; delete repealer.    Warren
 * %       03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 248  Baby drop-off; revise entities authorized to accept       Taylor
        newborn child.                                         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 262  Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Act;        Barnett
        create.                                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 263  Board of Medical Licensure; authorize to issue            Barnett
        subpoenas during investigations and provide for rules  
        and appeals.                                           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 268  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 281  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 287  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Warren
 * %    extend the date of repealer.                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 289  Autopsies; only certified pathologists may perform.       Denny
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 293  Mississippi Reducing Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies           Warren
 *      Incentive Grant Fund; extend repealer.                 
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 295  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Warren
 *         03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 300  Dead bodies; provide family the right to exhume body      Taylor
        and move to another grave site.                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 313  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Warren
        Youth; extend repealer on.                             
           02/10 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 316  Vulnerable Adults Act; absolute immunity for reporting    Upshaw
        abuse absent fraud.                                    
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Divorce; require counseling of parents and minor          Whittington
        children.                                              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 354  Contracts; prohibit noncompetition provisions in          Ishee
        certain contracts between health care providers and    
        others.                                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 357  Board of Medical Licensure; increase cap on assessment    Barnett
 * %    of costs of disciplinary action.                       
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 363  CON; authorize construction of new acute care hospitals   Woods
        in certain counties.                                   
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 365  Vulnerable Adults Act; give immunity to those who         Janus
        report abuse of vulnerable adults.                     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 439  Mental health; psychiatric/mental health nurse            Vince
 * %    practitioners may establish treatment plans for certain
        patients.                                              
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB 454  State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer and exempt    Warren
 * %    certain persons engaged in hair braiding.              
           04/19 Approved by Governor
HB 501  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
        prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 504  Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to     Upshaw
   %    persons with mental illness/retardation.               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 521  Hospital records; revise definition of custodian of       Frierson
 *      records for use in legal actions.                      
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 529  Hospital; remove all except specialty hospitals from      Woods
        application of CON law.                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 594  Voluntary basic health insurance coverage and small       Denny
        employer health benefit plans; revise eligibility.     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 645  Tanning facilities; restrict use of by children under     Stevens
        age 18.                                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 665  Optometrists; certain may administer and prescribe        Guice
        certain oral drugs and order certain tests.            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 675  Hearing aid specialists; reenact and delete repealer on   Holland
   %    licensure law.                                         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 676  Speech pathologists and audiologists; reenact and         Holland
   %    delete repealer on licensure law.                      
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 684  Infant Mortality Task Force; remove repealer.             Holland
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 687  Organ donations; organ procurement organization shall     Aldridge
 *      notify medical examiner, who may be present during     
        organ removal.                                         
           03/23 (S) Declined to Grant Conference
HB 689  Radiologist assistants; authorize to provide radiology    Holland
 *      assistance under radiologist supervision.              
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 692  Dental hygiene; certain graduates of foreign schools      Guice
   %    who hold license from another state will get           
        Mississippi license.                                   
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 698  Department of Human Services; reestablish.                Evans
 *         03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 699  Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 700  Prescription Drug Fair-Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 710  Pharmacy Benefit Management Regulation Act; create.       Howell
   %       02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 739  Child care providers; establish Development and           Fleming
        Retention Grant Program and Scholarship Program for.   
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 742  Child support; gaming proceeds shall be subject to        Dedeaux
        judgments of delinquent support.                       
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 751  Child protection teams; mandate creation of.              Carlton
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 756  Mental Health, Board of; establish policies by which      Whittington
   %    certain employees may be provided housing.             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 779  Allegation of abuse; provide penalty if frivolous or      Gunn
        malicious.                                             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 797  Department of Human Services; authorize to pay            Perkins
        relatives who care for children who are removed from   
        parents.                                               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 803  CON; issue to nonprofit corporation to manage long-term   Green
        care hospital in certain hospital districts.           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 806  Child support; delete repealer on administrative fee on   Holland
   %    wage withholding (DHS).                                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 809  Child support; increase percentage of income payable to   Holland
        (DHS).                                                 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 810  DHS; authorize to search criminal records of applicants   Holland
        and employees.                                         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 811  Child support; require insurance companies to check for   Holland
        lien before payment of settlement or other proceeds.   
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 813  Child Care and Development Fund program; prescribe        Holland
 *      certain requirements for DHS in operation of.          
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB 814  Permit fees for environmental services; authorize State   Holland
   %    Board of Health to assess.                             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 834  Pharmacists; certain may use title "Doctor of             Howell
 * %    Pharmacy."                                             
           02/10 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 853  Health insurance; require reimbursement for services of   Moore
        a podiatrist.                                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 855  English language; must show ability in to get state       Moore
        license or public assistance.                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 865  Vaccinations; allow exemption from for school             Fillingane
        attendance with certificate from physician.            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 870  Nursing homes; may add up to 60 new beds without CON if   Fillingane
        have 95% occupancy rate.                               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 871  Certificate of need program; abolish.                     Fillingane
   %       02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 872  TANF benefits; deny to parents who fail to comply with    Fillingane
        certain recommendations to improve child's health.     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 874  Medicaid; provide reimbursement for full body casts for   Fillingane
        certain adults with spina bifida.                      
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 876  Contact lenses; enact Fair Trade Practice Act for the     Fillingane
        procurement of.                                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 884  Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be       Fillingane
        board certified in OB/GYN.                             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 890  Massage Therapy Act; exempt certain persons from          Brown
 *      examination under.                                     
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 905  Trauma Care Systems and Emergency Medical Services        Holland
   %    funds; increase state assessment for.                  
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 908  Abortion; minors without parental consent may not         Fillingane
        obtain until court waives consent requirement.         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 966  Physicians; prohibit certain improper lab charges to      Brown
   %    patients and prescribe penalties for violations.       
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 972  Pharmacists; limit liability for gratuitous service       Guice
 *      provided at community pharmacies.                      
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 973  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from       Wells-Smith
   %    Department of Health to Department of Human Services.  
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 989  Pet dogs and cats; enact pet protection act to            Davis
        discourage sales of ill or defective pets.             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 998  State Board of Barber Examiners; revise provisions of     Frierson
        licensure law.                                         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1007  Pharmacies; require drug distributors to accept returns   Howell
 * %    of outdated drugs from and provide credit or           
        replacement.                                           
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB1010  Board of Pharmacy; require to establish guidelines for    Carlton *
        the safe storage of narcotics in pharmacies.           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1037  Hepatitis C; require testing for individuals who are      Coleman (65th)
        incarcerated.                                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1052  Newborns; require testing of oxygen saturation level      Aldridge
        before discharge from hospital.                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1089  TANF recipients; require testing for functional           Fillingane
        literacy and attendance in literacy program.           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1090  State Board of Funeral Service; require follow-up         Dedeaux
   %    inspections of funeral establishments for safety       
        purposes (PEER).                                       
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1093  State Board of Pharmacy; require to conduct criminal      Dedeaux
 * %    background checks on all applicants with assistance    
        from Department of Public Safety.                      
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1127  Casket stores; require registration with and regulation   Banks
        by the State Board of Funeral Services.                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1129  Critical Needs Nursing Faculty Incentive Program;         Montgomery
   %    provide salary supplements, home loan and relocation   
        expenses under.                                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1147  Rehabilitation Services, Board of; revise membership      Franks
        of.                                                    
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1160  Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force; create.           Coleman (65th)
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1162  Child care licensure; exempt school programs operated     Holland
        by nonprofit entity under auspices of church.          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1165  Sex offenders; prohibit owning, working for or            Lott
   %    volunteering for a child care service.                 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1168  Drug Retail Price Disclosure Act; create.                 Franks
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1176  Physical therapists services; delete requirement for      Holland
        referral by physician.                                 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1177  Physical therapists; authorize examination and            Holland
        treatment without physician referral under certain     
        conditions.                                            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1191  CON; authorize for community living program for adults    Holland
        of mental retardation in Madison county.               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1198  Funeral Service Board; extend repealer and amend          Holland
 * %    various provisions of licensure law.                   
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1231  Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance   Holland
   %    Act; create.                                           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1243  Funeral home director; revise qualification for           Middleton
   %    licensure for persons with certain experience.         
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1259  Smoking;UMMC may be designated as a nonsmoking            Holland
        facility.                                              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1260  DHS; reestablish.                                         Evans
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1261  Human Services; require department to pay costs of        Holland
        persons housed in county jails.                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1262  Pharmacy Board; increase amount of monetary penalties     Holland
   %    that it may impose against licensees.                  
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1263  Mental health; define "psychologist" for purposes of      Holland
        confidentiality of treatment facility records.         
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1264  Food service establishments; authorize administrative     Holland *
   %    fine for those operating without a permit.             
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1293  Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain   Bentz
        food products for PKU patients.                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1297  Ambulatory surgical facilities; do not include doctor's   Holland
        offices as long as not Medicare/Medicaid certified as  
        ASF.                                                   
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1304  Statewide behavioral modification institute; authorize    Hines
   %    Our House, Incorporated, to serve as.                  
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1320  CON; authorize for additional beds at psychiatric         Rotenberry
        residential treatment facility in Simpson County.      
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1353  Human Cloning Prohibition Act; enact.                     Wells-Smith
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1354  Human Embryo Protection Act; enact certain                Wells-Smith
        prohibitions.                                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1361  Hospitals Infections Disclosure Act; create.              Janus
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1374  Health Care Services Plans; prohibit from engaging in     Bentz
        unfair payment practices against physicians.           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1381  Health Department; bring forward powers of board and      Wells-Smith
   %    vaccination program for first responders.              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1382  Health care providers; require to conduct random drug     Wells-Smith *
        testing of all employees that provide health care      
        services.                                              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1387  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test and verifying health certificate every four       
        years.                                                 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1399  Disabled persons; require doctors to provide medical      Hines
   %    records at no cost until after determination of        
        eligibility.                                           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1410  Nurse practitioners; define practice of under Nursing     Holland
   %    Practice Law.                                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1417  Child care facility licensure; transfer from Health       Lott
   %    Department to Department of Human Services.            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1440  Contagious disease; require Health Department to          Scott
        conduct workshops in area of high instances of         
        occurrence.                                            
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1452  Health access accounts; authorize establishment of.       Dedeaux
   %       02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1453  Assisted treatment; establish procedures to provide to    Compretta *
        persons with mental illness.                           
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1464  Child support; lower age of emancipation for purposes     Holland
        of terminating obligation to pay (DHS).                
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1475  Bureau of Vital Statistics; notify district attorney      Wells-Smith
        when minor conceives child as result of statutory rape.
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1482  Health insurance claims submitted by pharmacists;         Howell
        provide regulations for certain payments.              
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1493  Community public water systems; repeal section            Eaton
   %    requiring management training by board members of.     
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1508  Physicians; provide grants and tax credits to practice    Scott
   %    family medicine in critical needs areas.               
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1509  Home Detention for Juveniles Program; establish under     Scott
   %    Department of Human Services.                          
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1528  Youth court disposition procedures; clarify training      Holland
        school precommitment requirements and delete reverter. 
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1554  Mental health; delete provision in civil commitment law   Cummings
        that county pays for treatment before admission to     
        state facility.                                        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HC  39  Amend Constitution; Constitution not construed as         Fillingane
        granting right to have abortion.                       
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2006  Administrative fine for food service establishments       Nunnelee
   %    operating without a permit; authorize.                 
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2009  Department of Human Services; reenact and extend          Nunnelee
 *      repealer to July 1, 2009.                              
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2053  Sex offenders; prohibit owning or working or              Ross
 * %    volunteering for child care service.                   
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2080  Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); prohibit      Nunnelee
 *      plan from denying provider participation under certain 
        conditions.                                            
           03/24 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2106  Medical procedures on minor by Department of Health;      Nunnelee
        require parental consent.                              
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2283  Ambulance service permit requirements to conduct          Little
   %    membership subscription program; repeal.               
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2323  State Board of Barber Examiners; revise licensure law.    Thames
 * %       03/21 Approved by Governor
SB2367  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH   Nunnelee
 * %    to DHS; license adult day services.                    
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2415  Licensure of hearing aid specialists; delete repealer.    Nunnelee
   %       03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2416  Licensure of speech pathologists and audiologists by      Nunnelee
   %    State Board of Health; delete repealer.                
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2417  Uniform Controlled Substance Act; revise schedules in     Nunnelee
 *      conformity with federal law.                           
           03/24 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2420  Organ donation; revise protocol and clarify authority     Bryan
 *      of organ donor.                                        
           04/04 Approved by Governor
SB2453  Employee criminal background checks; authorize            Nunnelee
        Department of Human Services to conduct.               
           03/21 Approved by Governor
SB2465  Public water system corrosion control requirements;       Nunnelee
 *      extend repealer on.                                    
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2511  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Nunnelee
 *         04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2538  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System; remove     Moffatt
 * %    repealer and clarify duties of the Department of       
        Health.                                                
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2556  Individuals with disabilities; direct drafting offices    Frazier
 *      and state agencies to use respectful references in     
        legislation and rules.                                 
           04/04 Approved by Governor
SB2590  Adoption resource exchange registry; direct DHS and SDH   White
 *      to provide.                                            
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2593  Human Cloning Prohibition Act; enact.                     White
 *         03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2643  Designated smoking areas in public buildings; UMC not     King
 *      required to have.                                      
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2682  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Nunnelee
 *      prescribe certain oral medications; extend repealer.   
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2692  Child support guidelines based on adjusted gross          Doxey
 *      income; increase.                                      
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2734  Bureau of Vital Statistics notify District Attorney       Nunnelee
 *      when minor conceives child as result of rape or sexual 
        battery; require.                                      
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2738  Adoption agencies; require to show office location on     Nunnelee
 *      all advertisements.                                    
           04/04 Approved by Governor
SB2794  Interpreting services for consumers who are deaf;         Burton
   %    require registration with Department of Rehabilitation 
        Services.                                              
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2883  Abortion facilities; revise licensure categories.         Burton
 *         04/04 Approved by Governor
SB2931  MS Disability Resource Commission; establish.             Nunnelee
 *         04/04 Approved by Governor
SB2991  Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and         Thames
 *      Youth; extend repealer on.                             
           03/16 Approved by Governor


KEY: * = Amended % = 3/5ths Vote Required V = Vetoed
  $ = Revenue @ = Exempted From Deadline P = Partially Vetoed


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