Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

As of 08/07/07 at 13:59

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HB 349  Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program;      Bondurant
 *      provide for.                                           
           02/27 (S) 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 528  Medicaid program; make certain technical amendments       Dedeaux
 * %    regarding administration of.                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
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 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 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 923  Massage therapists; allow state accredited examinations   Wells-Smith
        to be used by the board for licensure purposes.        
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 927  CON filing fees; increase maximum authorized fee          Holland
   %    charged by Health Department.                          
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 929  Hospice licensure fees; increase.                         Holland
 * %       03/27 Approved by Governor
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
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
HB1090  Smoking; Veterans Affairs Board may designate smoking     Rogers (61st)
        areas in state veterans homes.                         
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1102  CON law; revise various administrative provisions and     Holland
 *      issue CONs for several projects.                       
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1121  Special needs children qualified for supplemented         Holland
        benefits by DHS; expand definition.                    
           03/14 Approved by Governor
HB1132  School nurse program; establish under State Department    Holland *
 *      of Education and provide funding for.                  
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1137  Child Death Review Panel; specify agencies from which     Holland
        it may obtain needed information.                      
           03/15 Approved by Governor
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
HB1202  CON; issue for construction of acute care hospital in     Dickson
 *      Kemper County.                                         
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB1212  Environmental services permit fees of State Board of      Holland
   %    Health; increase.                                      
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1227  Management training for community public water system     Robinson (63rd)
   %    board members; exempt cities with populations of more  
        than 10,000.                                           
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1255  Rural Mississippi Mosquito Abatement Act; create.         Straughter
 *         02/27 (S) 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
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
HB1471  Dialysis patients; extend repealer on program that        Reynolds
 *      provides nonemergency transportation services for      
        certain.                                               
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB1523  Medical examiners; provide extra fee for preparing SIDS   Holland
 *      Death Scene Investigation report.                      
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1536  Adoption; revise several provisions relating to.          Holland
 * %       03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2034  Board of Mental Health; establish policies by which       Hyde-Smith
   %    certain employees may be provided housing.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2036  Medicaid eligibility; recipients must provide federal     Hyde-Smith
        income tax statements for recertification.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2061  Review of child support payments by DHS and downward      Nunnelee
 *      modification; arrearage in payments does not prohibit. 
           03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2062  CON; authorize construction of new acute care hospital    Flowers
        in DeSoto County.                                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2070  Public assistance benefits; require applicants to         Brown
        verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to 
        qualify.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2073  Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; authorize   Wilemon
   %    Department of Health to offer and issue.               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2078  Mississippi Patient Safety Act; create.                   Dearing
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2079  Hospital Infections Disclosure Act of 2007; enact.        Dearing
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2107  Pharmaceutical Marketing Disclosure Law; enact.           Williamson
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2116  Clinical trials of drugs; require results to be           Wilemon
        registered with health care providers.                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118  New hires reported to the Department of Human Services;   Nunnelee
 *      revise definition of employer required to report.      
           03/26 (S) Died In Conference
SB2123  Public assistance benefits; require applicants to         Flowers
        verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to 
        qualify.                                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2132  Bill of rights for patients and residents of health       Dearing
        care facilities; provide.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2147  Visitation; require for noncustodial parents concurrent   Dearing
   %    with order of child support.                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2162  Practice of barbering; make technical amendments to       Thomas
   %    licensure law.                                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2171  Personal care homes; create program of Medicaid           Harden
        assistance payments for.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2174  Federal funds for "at-risk" youth mentoring programs;     Nunnelee
        Department of Human Services is sole administrator of. 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177  Medical psychologist; enact prescription privileges for   Thames
   %    credentialed psychologists.                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2182  Authority of law enforcement officers to carry            Nunnelee
        firearms; clarify status of State Board of Pharmacy    
        employees.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2192  Office of Occupational Safety and Health; State           Harden
   %    Department of Health shall establish.                  
           01/30 (S) 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
SB2236  CHIP eligibility; require custodial parent to apply to    Nunnelee
        DHS for child support assistance.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2242  Medicaid program; prescribe reimbursement rate for        Nunnelee
 *      dental services.                                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2279  Mississippi Medicaid program; make certain technical      Nunnelee
 *      amendments regarding administration of.                
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2285  Hospital-acquired infections disclosure; require under    Tollison
        regulatory law.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2286  Head lice or nits; students with shall be treated by      Williamson
   %    county health department.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2287  MS Tobacco Control Commission to administer statewide     Williamson
        tobacco cessation program; create.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2288  Foster care program benefits; DHS may extend services     Dawkins
        and scholarships to young adults formerly in foster    
        care.                                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2291  Mississippi Nursing Shortage Reduction Act of 2007;       Williamson
        enact.                                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2310  Adult day care assisted living services; authorize DOM    Walls
        to establish program.                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2314  Repealer on school district program on meningococcal      Chaney
        disease; delete.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2316  Mississippi Work Pays Program; authorize additional       Dawkins
        post-employment assistance for TANF recipients.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2320  Registration of professional massage therapists;          Mettetal
        clarify authorized examinations.                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2354  Life support system; state's official for courts to       Fillingane
        follow is to sustain life if conflict between family   
        members about removal of.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2355  Specialized programs offered by hospitals; impose CON     Dawkins
        moratorium on.                                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2362  Medicaid reimbursement for nursing facility beds under    Brown
        CON in Columbus (Lowndes County), Mississippi; increase
        authorized limit.                                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2363  Long-Term Care Advisory Council to develop new programs   Burton
        required by federal law; establish.                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2374  Certificate of need program; abolish.                     Fillingane
   %       01/30 (S) 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
SB2392  Medicaid; provide reimbursement for full body casts for   Fillingane
        certain adults with spina bifida.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2398  Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to     Dawkins
   %    persons with mental illness/retardation.               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2409  State Board of Barber Examiners; authorize temporary      Dearing
   %    permit and fees.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2411  Collection of debt for services provided at licensed      Dawkins
   %    hospitals; provide certain restrictions on.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2412  Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and             Dawkins
        Management; extend repealer on.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2416  Adult foster care facilities; define for licensure        Burton
 * %    purposes and authorize Medicaid pilot program.         
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2418  CON for nursing facility in any underserved minority      Horhn
        zip code area in the state authorize.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2432  Medicaid; require long-term care Medicaid funding         Dawkins
        parity for institutional services and community-based  
        services.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2433  Mississippi Fair Share Health Care Act; enact.            Dawkins
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2444  Hospital beds; authorize CON for new "John C. Stennis     Jackson (32nd)
        Memorial Hospital" in Kemper County.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2473  Burn Care Fund; Mississippi Firefighters' Association     Doxey
        may administer burn plan and may be appropriated money 
        from fund.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2507  Screening for newborn disorders; add additional tests     Dawkins
        and authorize Medicaid and private insurance           
        reimbursement.                                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2530  State Board of Barber Examiners; require license to       Dearing
   %    display barber pole.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2536  Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be       Fillingane
        board certified in OB/GYN.                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2555  Public housing projects; require to comply with federal   Dawkins
   %    Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2562  Community public water systems; exempt from management    Michel
   % V  training board members of certain municipally operated 
        systems.                                               
           03/23 (S) Veto Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2573  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places and           Dawkins
        workplaces on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2591  CON filing fees; increase maximum authorized fee          Nunnelee
   %    charged by State Department of Health.                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2592  Hospice licensure fees; increase.                         Nunnelee
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2593  Permit fees for environmental services by State Board     Nunnelee
   %    of Health; increase.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2595  Dental hygienists; define supervision required in a       Nunnelee
        public health setting.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2598  Smoking in all public places; prohibit.                   Nunnelee
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2601  Health care facility certificate of need; revise          Nunnelee
        minimum expenditures requiring review, etc.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2610  Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners      Nunnelee
   %    Act; enact.                                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2612  "Emergency Health Powers Act"; grant powers regarding     Nunnelee
   %    health facilities to State Board of Health in hurricane
        or other emergency (SBOH).                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2624  Medical procedures on minor by Department of Health;      Nunnelee
        require parental consent.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2629  State Board of Optometry; may charge renewal fees         Nunnelee
   %    annually.                                              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2639  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH   Nunnelee
   %    to DHS.                                                
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2642  Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), etc.; require    Nunnelee
        all types of delivery systems to register under Patient
        Protection Act.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2654  Emergency health powers; define natural disaster and      White
   %    direct SDH to perform certain functions in public      
        health emergencies.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2661  Employees of the State Board of Pharmacy; define          Burton
        conflicts of interest.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2664  Government buildings smoking ban; exempt state veterans   Carmichael
        homes.                                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2669  Kinship care payments; authorize DHS to pay.              Nunnelee
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2671  Renewal fees charged by the Mississippi Board of          Nunnelee
 * %    Nursing; increase authorized fees.                     
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2672  Medicaid program; authorize unlimited hospital days for   Nunnelee
   %    children if medically necessary.                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2693  Informed consent for an abortion; require a sonogram      White
        and auscultation of fetal heart tone.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2697  Psychiatric residential treatment facility beds in        Lee (35th)
        Simpson County; authorize CON for.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2703  CON for acute psychiatric beds and PRTF beds in           Clarke
        Washington County; authorize transfer of beds          
        previously authorized.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2709  Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; extend reporting       Nunnelee
 *      deadline and extend repealer.                          
           03/26 Approved by Governor
SB2712  Licensed ambulance service membership subscription        Horhn
   %    program; repeal.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2727  Administrative penalty on restaurants by State Board of   Nunnelee
   %    Health; extend repealer.                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2738  Children's health; fully fund state insurance program     Jordan
        and provide preventive health measures in Delta.       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2742  Education in child care facilities; require Department    Jordan
        of Education to establish minimum requirements.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2749  Certificate of need; exempt private-pay nursing           Ross
        facility beds which are part of a continuing care      
        retirement community.                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2750  Private pay nursing facility beds in Rankin County;       Ross
        direct SDH to issue license for without CON process.   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2752  Health care insurance contracts; require dispute          Dawkins
        resolution mechanism for providers.                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2759  Child screening and diabetes management and care at       Dawkins
        school; define responsibility of State Department of   
        Health.                                                
           01/30 (S) 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
SB2767  Electronic monitoring devices in the rooms of residents   Dawkins
   %    of nursing homes; require on request of resident or    
        guardian.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2802  Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all     Doxey
        beds in facility in DeSoto County to participate in    
        Medicaid.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2811  Nursing facility beds; authorize transfer of certain      Robertson
        beds in and CON for new beds in Jackson, Lamar and     
        Stone Counties.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2835  Public swimming pools; Department of Health enforce       Hewes
        requirements for the abatement of suctions hazards.    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2846  Safe adoption home study to be performed in all           Nunnelee
   %    adoptions; require.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2859  Vaccinations against pneumococcal disease; SBH require    Nunnelee
 *      for children attending day care facilities.            
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2860  Child care facilities; revise membership of Advisory      Nunnelee
   %    Council and increase licensure fees.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2863  Trauma Care Task Force; create.                           Nunnelee
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2865  Transfer of certain CONs for PRTF beds and child          Burton
        psychiatric beds; direct.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2869  Pilot program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy;         Jordan
        implement in East Tallahatchie School District.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2876  CON; direct SDH to issue for acute care hospital beds     Flowers
        in any county in SMSA with 5% or greater population    
        growth.                                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2877  Medicaid program; revise health care services for         Nunnelee
   %    Medicaid reimbursement and authorize rate increases by 
        the division.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878  Hospital beds; exempt reopening of beds for the "John     Jackson (32nd)
        C. Stennis Memorial Hospital" from CON requirement.    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2879  Medicaid reimbursement to health care providers;          Nunnelee
        authorize physical/occupaptional therapy services.     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2880  "Mississippi Welfare Restructuring Program Act of         Fillingane
        2007"; enact.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2881  Medicaid assistance program; authorize DOM to provide     Horhn
        Medicare Part C benefits for dually eligible recipients
        under contract.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2907  School nurse program under State Department of            Tollison
        Education; establish and provide for funding.          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2915  Special needs children qualified for supplemented         Nunnelee
        benefits by DHS; expand definition.                    
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2923  Adoption of child from foreign country; safe adoption     Nunnelee
        home study is valid for 24 months.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2924  Hearing Aid Advisory Council; revise appointment          Nunnelee
        process.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2926  Child Residential Home Notification Act; clarify          Nunnelee
   %    licensure requirements and increase license fees.      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2927  Council of Advisors in Speech-Language Pathology and      Nunnelee
        Audiology; revise membership and define powers.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2929  Professional Art Therapists Advisory Council; revise      Nunnelee
        membership.                                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2931  Mississippi Board of Emergency Medical Services;          White
   %    establish and transfer EMS program responsibilities to.
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2933  Two STD/HIV specialty clinics in underserved areas;       Walls
        direct SBH to establish and operate.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2943  Mississippi Youth Build Program for court ordered         Horhn
        delinquent juveniles; DHS to establish.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2944  State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional        Fillingane
   %    Counselors; define rulemaking authority and code of    
        ethics.                                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2945  Youth camps; increase licensure fees for.                 Nunnelee
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2952  Permit to operate public swimming pools or bathing        Nunnelee
   %    facilities; require.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2969  Cemeteries; require to register with the State Board of   Gollott
   %    Funeral Service.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2971  Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act; require             Fillingane
        certification of availability of contact lens.         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2972  Emergency health powers; expand.                          Dawkins
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2973  Medication aides; create pilot program under Board of     Burton
   %    Nursing for certification of.                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974  State Board of Dental Examiners; provide for two          Harden
        additional members from the state at large.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2982  County hospitals; establish minimum qualifications for    Browning
 *      trustees.                                              
           03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2983  Fees, penalties and fines collected by the State          Dawkins
        Department of Health; direct SDH to make report to the 
        Legislature.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2984  Smoking at public venues for youth sports events;         Nunnelee
        prohibit.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2988  Criminal background checks; require for applicants for    Burton
 * %    licensure by Board of Medical Licensure.               
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB2993  Hospice licensure; suspend new licenses or renewals       Nunnelee
   %    until inspections are updated.                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3016  Inmate health care costs; limit charges by health care    Hyde-Smith
        providers to the Medicaid rate.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB3041  Patients in nursing facilities; provide a                 Mettetal
   %    "right-to-choose" pharmacy or pharmacist.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3056  Physician assistants; clarify scope of practice and       Nunnelee
        provide immunity for rendering emergency medical care. 
           02/06 (S) Died In Committee
SN   1  George F. Walker, Clarksdale, Mississippi, Mississippi    LT. GOVERNOR
        Industries For The Blind, term begins immediately and  
        will end July 1, 2008.                                 
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN   4  Catherine (Cathy) Jones, Starkville, Mississippi, Board   LT. GOVERNOR
        of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and       
        Family Therapists, four-year term beginning July 1,    
        2006 and ending  June 30, 2010.                        
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  14  Rebecca Nelms (Becky) Currie, Brookhaven, Mississippi,    GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Board of Nursing as an RN in clinical      
        practice, four-year term beginning July 1, 2006 and    
        ending June 30, 2010.                                  
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  15  William Gil Davis, Newton, Mississippi, State Board of    GOVERNOR
        Optometry, five-year term beginning June 20, 2006 and  
        ending June 19, 2011, representing the Third           
        Congressional District.                                
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  16  Dr. Stanley Randall (Randy) Easterling, Vicksburg,        GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, State Board of Medical Licensure, six-year
        term beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2012,  
        representing the First Supreme Court District.         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  18  Dr. John Edward Hill, Tupelo, Mississippi, State Board    GOVERNOR
        of Health, six-year term ending June 30, 2012.         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  19  Thomas Edward (Ed) Hill, Grenada, Mississippi,            GOVERNOR
        Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators 
        as a licensed and practicing nursing home              
        administrator, four-year term ending  June 25, 2010.   
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  20  Benjamin T. (Ty) Hubbard, Oxford, Mississippi, State      GOVERNOR
        Board of Optometry, five-year term ending June 20,     
        2010, representing  the First Congressional District.  
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  26  Dr. Lucius Marion (Luke) Lampton, Magnolia,               GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, State Board of Health, six-year term      
        beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2012,       
        representing the Third Congressional District.         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  28  Dr. William Sumners (Bill) Mayo, Oxford, Mississippi,     GOVERNOR
        State Board of Medical Licensure, six-year term        
        beginning July 1, 2006  and ending June 30, 2012,      
        representing the Third Supreme Court District.         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  35  Merlene B. Myrick, Bogue Chitto, Mississippi,             GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Board of Nursing as a RN in clinical       
        practice with a BS, four-year term beginning July 1,   
        2006 and ending June 30, 2010.                         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  37  John Bernard (Johnny) Perkins, Brookhaven, Mississippi,   GOVERNOR
        State Board of Mental Health, seven-year term          
        beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2013,       
        representing the Fourth Congressional District.        
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  39  Melinda Walls Pilkinton, Columbus, Mississippi, Board     GOVERNOR
        of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family
        Therapists as a licensed social worker, four-year term 
        ending June 30, 2010.                                  
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  40  Kristi R. Plotner, Madison, Mississippi, Board of         GOVERNOR
        Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family   
        Therapists as a licensed social worker, four-year term 
        ending  June 30, 2010.                                 
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  41  Jerry D. (Dean) Worsham, Jr., Oxford, Mississippi,        GOVERNOR
        Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and 
        Family Therapists as a marriage and family therapist,  
        four-year term ending June 30, 2010.                   
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  43  Deborah G. (Debbie) Ricks, Booneville, Mississippi,       GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Board of Nursing as a nurse educator,      
        four-year term beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June  
        30, 2010.                                              
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  45  Kelly Scott Segars, Sr., Iuka, Mississippi, State Board   GOVERNOR
        of Health as a non-healthcare professional, six-year   
        term beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2012,  
        representing the First Congressional District.         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  47  Waymon Dudley Tigrett, Brandon, Mississippi, State        GOVERNOR
        Board of Pharmacy, five-year term beginning July 1,    
        2006 and ending June 30, 2011, representing Post 3.    
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  52  Mark Allen Adams, Ridgeland, Mississippi, a hospital      GOVERNOR
        administrator  to the Mississippi State Board of       
        Nursing Home Administrators, four-year term ending June
        25, 2010.                                              
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  58  Dr. Harvey Allen Gersh, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, State   GOVERNOR
        Board of Health, unexpired term ending June 30, 2010,  
        representing the Fourth Congressional District, vice   
        Randy Russell.                                         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  60  Jesse Walton (J. W.) Burt, Jr., Magnolia, Mississippi,    GOVERNOR
        Board of Directors of the Health Care Trust Fund and   
        Health Care Disposable Fund, five-year term ending     
        March 1, 2011, representing the Fourth Congressional   
        District.                                              
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  63  Dr. Virginia M. Crawford, Hattiesburg, Mississippi,       GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure, six-year term  
        beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2012,       
        representing the Second Supreme Court District.        
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  66  Sampat S. (Sampatkumar) Shivangi, Jackson, Mississippi,   GOVERNOR
        State Board of Health as a non-healthcare              
        professional, six-year term beginning July 1, 2006 and 
        ending June 30, 2012, representing the Third           
        Congressional District.                                
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  71  Connie Shanks-Knight, Laurel, Mississippi, Mississippi    GOVERNOR
        State Board of Massage Therapy, four-year term ending  
        June 30, 2009.                                         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Return
SN  76  Mary Lynn (Lynn) Cox, Madison, Mississippi, Mississippi   GOVERNOR
        State Board of Massage Therapy, four-year term ending  
        June 30, 2009.                                         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  77  Dr. Marcus Kent Showalter, Oxford, Mississippi, Board     GOVERNOR
        of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors,     
        five-year term ending June 30, 2011, representing the  
        First Congressional District.                          
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  83  Gloria Jean Waldrip, Guntown, Mississippi, Mississippi    GOVERNOR
        State Board of Massage Therapy, four-year term ending  
        June 30, 2008.                                         
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  87  Dr. Lewis Alfred Norville, Jackson, Mississippi, Board    GOVERNOR
        of Chiropractic Examiners, five-year term ending April 
        20, 2011, representing the at-large seat.              
           03/29 (S) Notified of Approval


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


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