Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

As of 08/07/07 at 13:57

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HB   7  Pharmacies; require drug manufacturers to provide for     Howell
   %    returns of outdated drugs from for full credit or      
        replacement.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  26  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  77  Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result   Moak
        from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  87  Health access accounts; authorize establishment of and    Dedeaux
   %    provide income tax deductions for contributions to.    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  92  Department of Human Services; require to pay costs of     Ward
   %    persons housed in county jail due to actions of.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 121  Prescription drugs; bring forward sections providing      Barnett
        for drug repository program for donated drugs.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 152  Health care services; plan to provide to low income       Woods
        persons on prepaid basis not considered to be          
        insurance.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 153  State Health Plan; certain counties shall be included     Woods
        in same General Hospital Service Area.                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 164  Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to     Upshaw
        persons with mental illness/retardation.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 286  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 308  Department of Human Services; authorize to pay            Perkins
        relatives who care for children who are removed from   
        parents.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 314  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.                  Mayo
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 315  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in         Mayo
        separate enclosed bars.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 316  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with          Mayo
        certain exceptions.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 319  Military veterans; provide for screening of certain who   Mayo
        may have been exposed to depleted uranium.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Physical education and healthy nutrition instruction;     Clarke
        require in all public school kindergarten classes.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 349  Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program;      Bondurant
 *      provide for.                                           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 384  Child care providers; establish Development and           Fleming
        Retention Grant Program and Scholarship Program for.   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 420  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 450  English language; must show ability in to get state       Moore
        license or public assistance.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 453  State license or benefits; must be U.S. citizen or        Moore
        permanent resident and show ability in English to      
        receive.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 465  CON; public hospital system may relocate beds from one    Guice
        hospital to another in same county without CON.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 475  Family protection workers; establish scholarship          Dedeaux
 * %    program to obtain college education necessary to become
        social worker.                                         
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 510  Health information; parent may obtain from health         Clark
        department about services provided to minor child.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 520  Orthotists and prosthetists; allow those certified by     Robinson (63rd)
        Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification to       
        practice in Mississippi.                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 553  State Board of Health; extend date of repeal on           Warren
   %    provision which authorizes issuance of restaurant      
        permits (RP).                                          
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 555  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Warren
   %    extend repealer (RP).                                  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 556  Organ and tissue donors; extend repealer on protocol      Warren
 *      for removing organs (RP).                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 566  Birth certificate; provide for issuance of a              Holland
 * %    "certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth."        
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 567  Mississippi Burn Center; establish at UMMC.               Holland
 * %       04/21 Approved by Governor
HB 570  CON; Health Department issue for beds to provide care     Holland
        exclusively to Alzheimer's patients.                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 573  Nursing; exempt practice of Christian Science nursing     Holland
        from Nursing Practice Law.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 581  Public Swimming Pool Act; create.                         Bondurant *
   %       02/08 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 629  Hospital; remove all except specialty hospitals from      Woods
        application of CON law.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 632  Abortion; felony to transport minor to another state to   Ward
        receive without parental consent.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 646  CON; authorize construction of new acute care hospital    Woods
        in the City of Olive Branch.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 670  Abortion; prohibit except under certain circumstances.    Parker
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 720  Nursing homes; transfers of licenses and managing         Franks
        entities of must be approved by licensing agency.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 757  Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits      Hines
        may obtain at no charge until final determination of   
        disability.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 758  Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.                       Hines
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 760  Statewide behavioral modification institute; authorize    Hines
   %    Our House, Inc., to serve as.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 764  Human Services; require department to pay costs of        Holland
        persons housed in county jails due to actions taken by.
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 818  Occupational health and safety program; require State     Evans
        Board of Health to establish.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 837  Medication aides; create pilot program under Board of     Holland
   %    Nursing for certification of.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 839  Child support payments; arrearage in payments does not    Holland
 *      bar DHS review of order and downward modification of.  
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 840  New hires; revise definition of employer required to      Holland
        report to Department of Human Services.                
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 841  Paternity; authorize DHS to statistically report          Holland
        putative paternity under certain conditions.           
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB 855  CON; authorize additional beds at a psychiatric           Rotenberry
        residential treatment facility in Simpson County.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 867  Sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education    Clarke
        and Health to jointly establish for public schools.    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 885  Kinship care payments; DHS may pay to persons who         Holland
 *      assume custody of related child in DHS custody.        
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 886  Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act; create.             Moak
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 895  HPV vaccination; require for females to enter sixth       Upshaw
        grade, and provide Medicaid and health insurance       
        coverage for.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 901  Smoking; prohibit in public facility when youth are       Bondurant
        engaged in organized athletic event in facility.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 923  Massage therapists; allow state accredited examinations   Wells-Smith
        to be used by the board for licensure purposes.        
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 925  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Holland
   %    delete repealer on.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 926  Emergency medical service personnel; provide civil        Holland
        immunity to certain.                                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 927  CON filing fees; increase maximum authorized fee          Holland
   %    charged by Health Department.                          
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 928  Public water systems; extend repealer on requirement to   Holland
 *      maintain optimum corrosion inhibitor levels.           
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 929  Hospice licensure fees; increase.                         Holland
 * %       03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 930  Dental hygienists; define supervision required in a       Holland
        public health setting.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 931  State Board of Health; delete repealer on authority to    Holland
   %    issue restaurant permits and impose penalties.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 939  Health Insurance; require reimbursement for services of   Moore
        a podiatrist.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 957  Tanning facilities; restrict use of by children under     Stevens
        age 18.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 977  Emergency Health Powers Act; create to grant special      Holland
   %    powers to Board of Health in hurricane or other        
        emergency.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 992  Board of Medical Licensure; authorize to issue            Barnett
        subpoenas during investigations and provide for rules  
        and appeals.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 996  Children; increase age in definition under licensing      Dickson
        law for family foster homes and child-caring agencies. 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1004  State Board of Rehabilitation Services; revise            Franks
        composition of.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1007  Hospital-acquired infections; require hospitals to        Ellington
        report to Health Department, which shall make that     
        information public.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1055  Eating establishments; prohibit cleaning of floors        Straughter
        while customers are eating.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1068  Cosmetology Board; revise membership of board and other   Holland
 * %    provisions of licensure law.                           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1072  Nursing Practice Law; increase maximum fees for license   Holland
   %    renewal and license reinstatement.                     
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1080  Social workers; revise licensure as prerequisite to       Clark
        performance of services.                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1082  Optometry; renewal registration fees for practice of      Holland
   %    shall be paid annually instead of biennially.          
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1088  Study Committee on TANF Program; create to study state    Dickson
 *      program's progress.                                    
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1101  Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Care Practitioners     Holland
   %    Act; enact.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1102  CON law; revise various administrative provisions and     Holland
 *      issue CONs for several projects.                       
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1113  CON; reinstate provision authorizing non-Medicaid         Baker (74th)
        nursing facility without CON if part of continuing care
        retirement community.                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1120  Disaster and emergency care; authorize physician          Barnett
   %    assistants to provide without physician supervision    
        during declared emergency.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1121  Special needs children qualified for supplemented         Holland
        benefits by DHS; expand definition.                    
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1122  Medical psychologist; enact prescription privileges for   Holland
   %    credentialed psychologists.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1127  Department of Mental Health; authorize to contract with   Clarke
        service provider for long-term residential substance   
        abuse treatment.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1128  Pharmacy benefit reimbursement contracts; must include    Eaton
        reasonable costs incurred by pharmacies in dispensing  
        and labeling drugs.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1137  Child Death Review Panel; specify agencies from which     Holland
        it may obtain needed information.                      
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1138  Medicaid; provide coverage for long-term acute care       Holland
        hospital services for persons of any age.              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1139  TANF funds; DHS shall transfer maximum permitted amount   Fredericks
 *      of uncommitted funds to Child Care and Development     
        Fund.                                                  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1140  Medicaid; revise restrictions on changes to services      Holland
        and payment for those services without legislative     
        action.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1149  Medicaid; revise Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program    Holland
   %    regarding tax rate and total tax on hospitals.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1178  Ambulance service; repeal permit requirements to          Flaggs
   %    conduct membership subscription program.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1182  Automated external defibrillation (AED); extend           Barnett
        immunity for good faith use of to certain persons.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1183  Good samaritan law; include physician assistants.         Barnett
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1189  CON; issue for nursing facility in any underserved        Robinson (63rd)
        minority ZIP code area.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1191  CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent             Hines
        psychiatric beds in Washington County.                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1192  CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent             Holland
        psychiatric beds in Washington County.                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1194  Mississippi Hospice Law; bring forward sections for       Holland
   %    purposes of amendment.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1196  Child abuse reporting; conform state law to Child Abuse   Baker (74th)
        Prevention and Treatment Act.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1202  CON; issue for construction of acute care hospital in     Dickson
 *      Kemper County.                                         
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB1203  Children and family issues; create joint study            Dickson
        committee on.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1204  Mississippi Commission on Health; create.                 Dickson
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1212  Environmental services permit fees of State Board of      Holland
   %    Health; increase.                                      
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1214  Health insurance; provide for appeal of denial of         Baker (74th)
   %    treatment/services.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1216  Mississippi Industries for the Blind; revise various      Brown
        provisions.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1218  Public benefits; agencies administering programs for      Lott
        must verify lawful presence in U.S. of applicants for. 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1226  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Franks
 * %    delete repealer and revise various provisions.         
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1241  Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.              Lott
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1243  Abortion; minors without parental consent may not         Lott
        obtain until court waives consent requirement.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1244  Abortion; require a sonogram and auscultation of fetal    Lott
        heart tone.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1255  Rural Mississippi Mosquito Abatement Act; create.         Straughter
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1256  Insurance; require nursing, personal, retirement care     Straughter
        homes, assisted living, and long-term care facilities  
        to have.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1276  Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish       Hines
        WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1283  Funeral home director; revise qualifications for          Middleton
   %    licensure of persons with certain experience.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1296  Early childhood care and education grant program;         Lott
        authorize collaboration under DHS.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1297  Preneed casket contracts; must meet all requirements      Banks
 * %    applicable to preneed contracts for funeral services.  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1302  Caskets; require sellers to be registered with and        Banks
        regulated by the State Board of Funeral Service.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1306  Community hospitals; increase maximum compensation        Watson
 *      authorized for boards of trustees of certain.          
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
HB1318  Social workers employed by the State of Mississippi;      Holland
 *      provide for salary realignment for.                    
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1324  CON; issue for nursing home in Rankin County based on     Holland
        Green House Model.                                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1325  Criminal background checks; require for applicants for    Smith (39th)
   %    licensure by Board of Medical Licensure.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1332  Veterans Affairs Board; expand board members and          Moss
        qualifications and require annual nursing home         
        inspections (PEER).                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1345  Wigologist; require State Cosmetology Board to            Cockerham
        establish instructor's license.                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1350  Dentists; provide immunity for providing charitable       Flaggs
        care.                                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1354  State Board of Dental Examiners; revise composition of    Clarke
        membership.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1376  Hospices; new applications for license are restricted     Holland
        unless all licensed hospices have been inspected.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1377  Massage therapy; exempt certain schools from certain      Holland
   %    fees and requirements under licensing act.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1384  Disaster leave for state employees; expand to volunteer   Watson
        in other states.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1387  Emergency management; expand authority of Governor and    Moss
   %    Health Department to address pandemics and epidemics.  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1439  Pharmacy providers; provide freedom of choice of for      Holland
 *      patients in long-term care facilities.                 
           03/26 Approved by Governor
HB1451  Informed consent for an abortion; require a sonogram      Wells-Smith
        and auscultation of fetal heart tone.                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1464  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test and verifying health certificate every four       
        years.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1467  Burial contracts; pay face value to funeral home          Holland
        performing funeral if requested by member.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1487  Education in child care facilities; require Department    McCoy
        of Education to establish minimum requirements.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1490  Children's health; fully fund state insurance program     McCoy
        and provide preventive health measures in Delta.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1521  Mississippi Burn Care Fund; establish as a trust fund;    Jennings
   %    interest and income appropriate to Mississippi Fire    
        Fighter's Association.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1523  Medical examiners; provide extra fee for preparing SIDS   Holland
 *      Death Scene Investigation report.                      
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1525  Regulations for licensed professional counselors,         Lott
        certain; revise.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1536  Adoption; revise several provisions relating to.          Holland
 * %       03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2061  Review of child support payments by DHS and downward      Nunnelee
 *      modification; arrearage in payments does not prohibit. 
           03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2118  New hires reported to the Department of Human Services;   Nunnelee
 *      revise definition of employer required to report.      
           03/26 (S) Died In Conference
SB2120  Paternity; authorize DHS to report administratively.      Nunnelee
 *         03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2123  Public assistance benefits; require applicants to         Flowers
        verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to 
        qualify.                                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2206  Organ/tissue donor protocol; extend repealer.             Nunnelee
 *         03/26 Approved by Governor
SB2209  Minors; notify DA when conception is due to rape or       Nunnelee
 *      sexual battery.                                        
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2320  Registration of professional massage therapists;          Mettetal
        clarify authorized examinations.                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2391  Abortions; clarify judicial waiver of parental consent    Fillingane
 *      for minors, and when Roe v. Wade is overruled, prohibit
        all abortions with limited exceptions.                 
           03/22 Approved by Governor
SB2416  Adult foster care facilities; define for licensure        Burton
 * %    purposes and authorize Medicaid pilot program.         
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2629  State Board of Optometry; may charge renewal fees         Nunnelee
   %    annually.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2671  Renewal fees charged by the Mississippi Board of          Nunnelee
 * %    Nursing; increase authorized fees.                     
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2709  Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; extend reporting       Nunnelee
 *      deadline and extend repealer.                          
           03/26 Approved by Governor
SB2727  Administrative penalty on restaurants by State Board of   Nunnelee
   %    Health; extend repealer.                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2764  State Board of Health and State Department of Health;     Nunnelee
 * %    extend department and reconstitute membership of board.
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB2795  Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.              Nunnelee
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2801  Informed consent for an abortion; require a sonogram      Nunnelee
        and auscultation of fetal heart tone.                  
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2859  Vaccinations against pneumococcal disease; SBH require    Nunnelee
 *      for children attending day care facilities.            
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2863  Trauma Care Task Force; create.                           Nunnelee
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2915  Special needs children qualified for supplemented         Nunnelee
        benefits by DHS; expand definition.                    
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2982  County hospitals; establish minimum qualifications for    Browning
 *      trustees.                                              
           03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2988  Criminal background checks; require for applicants for    Burton
 * %    licensure by Board of Medical Licensure.               
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB3024  Center of Excellence at Blair E. Batson Hospital for      Burton
 *      Children; UMC establish and support through MCI        
        settlement funds.                                      
           04/20 Approved by Governor


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


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