HB 24 Controlled substances; allow physicians to exceed Holland
recommended dosages for pain management.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 26 Hot water boilers; authorize state license for certain Guice
% county maintenance departments to self-inspect.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 35 Kinesical therapists; authorize State Board of Health Flaggs
% to license and regulate.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 61 Automatic external defibrillators; establish fund to Davis
reimburse counties and cities for purchasing.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 107 Family planning services; women with income up to 185% Holland
* of proverty level eligible for under Medicaid.
04/19 Approved by Governor
HB 108 Acupuncture; provide for licensure and regulation of Holland
% the practice of.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 160 Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons Moak
having right of consent to.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 161 Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from Moak
charging excessive rates.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 199 School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend Ford
for one year.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 206 Food; persons in food service occupations who touch Broomfield
food directly must wear gloves.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 232 Emergency medical services; allow trained first Gadd
responders to receive funds from EMS Fund.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 237 Food service employees; require physical exam and blood Eaton
% test, and verifying health certificate, every four
years.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 249 Nursing facility; CON for replacement facility and Fredericks
% additional beds.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 250 Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend for one Ford
* year.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 252 Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer. Ford
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 260 Professional Art Therapists Advisory Council; extend Ford
* repealer.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 262 Dietetics Practice Act; extend repealer on the creation Ford
% and authority of.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 264 Hearing aid specialists, licensure and regulation of; Ford
% extend repealer for one year.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 291 Medical Radiologic Technologists; extend repealer on Holland
* % advisory council, registration and continuing education
requirements.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 309 Needles; Board of Health adopt regulations to reduce Green
transmission of bloodborne pathogens through.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 311 Body piercing; may not be performed for compensation Fredericks
% without registration with Health Department.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 362 Automobiles; counties and cities may establish programs Clark
to help certain persons purchase.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 363 Automobiles; DHS shall provide grants to certain Clark
persons to help them purchase.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 448 Foster parents; investigation of complaints against Frierson
shall be made by county departments of human services.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 456 Children in DHS custody; require uniform payment Perkins
% schedule for all providers based on level of services.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 459 Hospital; CON to certain hospital in Hinds County for Denny
relocation of beds and construction of facilities.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 515 Physician assistants; provide for licensure of. Malone
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 529 Hospital; CON to certain hospital in Hinds County for Robinson (63rd)
relocation of beds and construction of facilities.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 535 Nursing; enact and enter into the interstate Nurse Moody
% Licensure Compact.
04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 550 Smoking; prohibit in all state buildings. Clarke
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 551 Smoking; prohibit in all state buildings except in Clarke
* designated areas.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 588 Smoking; prohibit in New Capitol Building. Compretta
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 619 Medical records; require that records shall be Compretta
furnished to patient at actual duplication cost.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 643 Physicians and podiatrists; allow Board of Medical Moody
* % Licensure to reinstate lapsed licenses under certain
circumstances.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 644 Physical therapists; create new licensing board and Moody
% transfer current licensure powers from Board of Health.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 646 Medicaid; increase income and resources allowed for Reynolds
eligibility of elderly disabled persons.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 672 Food; delete outdated provisions in laws providing that Moody
board of health regulate food.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 692 CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires Ketchings
CON review to $5 million.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 699 Certificate of need program; transfer from Health Holland
% Department to new Health Planning and Development
Commission.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 700 Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer and Holland
abolish Division of Medicaid.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 701 State Board of Human Services; create to provide the Holland
policy direction for DHS.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 711 Funeral service technology and mortuary science Holland
% programs; exempt certain students in from licensing.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 712 Radiological health license fees; increase. Moody
% 04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 713 Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions Moody
* and definitions.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 714 Dietetics Practice Act; revise definitions and extend Moody
* % repealer.
04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 715 Child care facility licensure law; make technical Moody
% amendments to.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 716 Barber Board regulations relating to sanitation; must Moody
* be approved by State Board of Health.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 733 Elderly; require background checks on employees in Moody
% adult care facilities and nursing homes.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 734 Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with McBride
certain income shall receive under Medicaid.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 738 Hospital; CON shall be issued to allow reopening of Fredericks
certain closed acute care hospital.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 758 Residential child care facilities and youth camps; Moody
% increase licensure fee.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 759 Hearing Aid Dealers Licensure Law; extend repealer on. Moody
* % 04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 760 Cemeteries; require to record and report names of Stevens
persons interred.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 771 Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers Act; make Moody
* technical amendments to.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 778 Nursing facility; allow 15 medicaid beds at existing Flaggs
facility in Vicksburg.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 781 State Board of Cosmetology; revise certain license Moody
% qualifications and authorize biennial license renewal.
04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 792 Nursing homes; may add up to 60 new beds without CON if Fillingane
have 95% occupancy rate.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 795 Involuntary commitment; authorize emergency detention Holland
of certain persons by physicians and psychologists.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 825 Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having Grist
high drug expenses eligible for.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 846 Physician assistants; provide for licensure and Moody
* % regulation of.
04/24 Approved by Governor
HB 847 Mental health facilities and procedures; revise and Moody
* update various laws regarding.
05/04 (S) Died In Conference
HB 848 Dental Practice Act; make technical amendments to. Moody
* % 05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 876 Kinesiotherapists; State Board of Health shall license Flaggs
% and regulate.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 877 Prescription drugs; create task force to determine how Flaggs
to make more affordable for state residents.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 885 Social workers; certain persons with five years' Gadd
practice before 1993 are eligible for grandfathered
license.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 890 Nurse practitioners; regulations regarding practice to Stevens
be promulgated only by Board of Nursing.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 912 Physician assistants; license and regulate practice of. Evans
% 03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 914 Medicaid; provide for facilitation to federal funding Evans
under block grant program.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 917 Medicaid; create Mississippi Health Care Authority to Evans
administer, and expand eligibility.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 933 Massage therapists; provide for registration of. Fredericks
* % 04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 943 Audiologists; exempt from hearing aid dealers licensure Martinson
law.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 944 Audiologists; extend the date of the repealer on Martinson
% licensure law.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 965 Foster care reviews; clarify that either the youth Moody
court or DHS conduct every six months.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 966 Vulnerable adult abuse and neglect; DHS shall Moody
investigate if it occurred in private residence.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 967 Foster care or adoption assistance; provide fair Moody
hearing procedures for DHS denial of claim for.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 968 Social workers; authorize DHS to use federal funds to Moody
* employ time-limited.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 969 Criminal background checks; require for employees of Moody
% child residential facilities.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 977 Early childhood (0-4) education centers; establish Roberson
voucher program for needy families for.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1046 Medicaid; case-mix score for Alzheimer's patients in Holland
nursing home shall be 85% higher than for regular
patients.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1049 Child abuse/neglect; all public and private agencies Moody
cooperate with DHS regarding investigations of.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1050 Food stamps; extend implementation dates for EBT system Moody
* for.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1051 Foster homes, child-caring and child-placing agencies; Moody
% require licensure by DHS.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1052 Vulnerable Adults Act; add persons required to report Moody
% abuse and require background checks for nursing home
employees.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1054 Medicaid; authorize buy-in of coverage by workers with Moody
* potentially severe disabilities.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1055 Advertising; Board of Health may regulate by licensed Moody
% health care professionals.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1059 Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay Ishee
cost of special formulas and foods for persons having.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1065 Child care; exempt schools that are members of certain Reeves
organizations from licensure.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1066 Child care; exempt members of the Association of Reeves
Christian Schools from licensure.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1075 Medicaid; mental health services provided by licensed Whittington
professional counselors are reimbursable under.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1097 Family Impact Study Law; create. Smith (35th)
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1106 Autopsy; notice must be given to deceased's relatives Peranich
before being performed.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1115 Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and Guice
prescribe any drug rational to optometric practice.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1130 Mississippi Support Dog Act; revise to include any Snowden
* disabled person and any specially trained animal.
04/30 Approved by Governor
HB1133 Psychiatric residential treatment facility in DeSoto Woods
County; all beds may participate in Medicaid.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1143 Child care facilities; Health Department cannot adopt Smith (35th)
regulations affecting issues of religious faith.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1145 Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are Smith (35th)
members of certain organizations.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1151 Child care facility; person with registered nurse Creel
% license may be operator or director of.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1160 Board of Health; all proposed rules to be reviewed by Holland
* Public Health Committees before becoming effective.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1163 Division of Medicaid; revise qualifications for Moody
executive director of.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1164 Medical records; considered to be signed if by Moody
electronic signature.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1187 Death certificates; attending physicians must sign Banks
within ten days after presented.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1193 Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50 Banks
years old to Department of Archives and History.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1201 Autopsy report; parents of deceased persons shall be Banks
provided a copy.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1205 Chemical dependency treatment programs; exempt Wells-Smith
faith-based programs from licensure.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1234 Midwifery; prohibit practice of except by physicians Fredericks
and nurse practitioners.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1237 AIDS and HIV Education, Services and Nondiscrimination Thornton
Act; create.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1265 Mental health counseling services; provide for Medicaid Holland
reimbursement for services by marriage and family
therapists.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1280 Medicaid; division shall educate managed care program Moody
* participants about manner to seek care under.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB1285 Liability; provide immunity for retired physicians who Moody
serve Legislature as "doctor of the day".
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1300 Patient medical records; unlawful to falsify. Mitchell
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1307 Personal care homes; allow residents to "age in place" Watson
in home as long as needs can be met.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1321 Early intervention services under Medicaid; define Dedeaux
duties of Health Department and prescribe services to
be provided.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1327 MRI services; delete from CON requirement and provide Moody
% for licensure by Health Department.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1329 Smoking cessation treatment program; direct Division of Compretta
Medicaid to establish and contract to implement.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1330 Health care services; delete reverter on the provision Moody
* regarding adverse determination under utilization
review.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1334 Mental health counseling services; provide for Medicaid Ellzey
reimbursement for services by licensed certified social
workers.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1338 Nursing home; delete restrictions on participation in Smith (39th)
Medicaid for home in Lowndes County.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1340 Medicaid; bring forward Mississippi Medicaid Law Moody
% statutes.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1345 Prescription drugs; pharmacies must sell to Medicare Rushing
% beneficiaries at price not exceeding Medicaid
reimbursement rate.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1351 Community attendant services; shall be reimbursable Maples
under Medicaid.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1353 Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for Young
additional in Lauderdale County.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1360 Statewide trauma care system; hospitals located in Wallace
contiguous states may participate in.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1380 Medicaid; revise membership and duties of Medical Care Moody
Advisory Committee for division.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1385 CON for nursing facility beds in certain counties; Reynolds
county-owned hospitals have priority in receiving.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1386 CON for nursing facility beds; county-owned hospitals Reynolds
* have priority in receiving.
04/27 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1388 Medicaid; physician visit for certain needed blood Compretta
tests by schizophrenia patients not counted against
annual physician visit limit.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1390 Drinking water; revise cross connection control Miles
* requirements.
05/20 Approved by Governor
HB1396 Medicaid; DHS review former TANF families to determine Mayo
if they have children still eligible for.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1407 Medicaid; allow at least 15 days of outpatient Myers
physician's services annually for all recipients.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1430 Critical access hospitals; specify methods of Gadd
determining Medicaid payments for services provided by.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1432 Hospitals; cannot participate in disproportionate share Moody
* program unless they participate in intragovernmental
transfer program.
04/11 Approved by Governor
HB1450 Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical Fredericks
% therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from
Board of Health.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1457 Department of Human Services; allow to own or lease an Moody
additional unmarked vehicle.
04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1460 Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with Reynolds
certain income shall receive under Medicaid.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1461 Governor's Commission on Disability; establish and Moody
empower.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1465 Mental Health, Department of; budget shall include line Simpson
item for out-of-state services for certain persons.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1466 Health clinics; public school may partner with Barnett (116th)
hospitals for hospital-sponsored school-based clinics.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1469 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); reduce Holland
* eligibility waiting period and conduct outreach
campaign.
05/23 Approved by Governor
HB1504 Marriage and family therapists; certain therapists Reeves
incompetent to testify.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1508 Correctional facilities; Health Department has access Moody
to monitor communicable diseases in.
04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1513 Abortion; protect women from high risk and coercive Ketchings
abortions and create civil causes of action therefor.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1514 Elderly and vulnerable adults; create task force to Eads
study and report to Legislature.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1515 Children's services; Governor's Office shall have Moody
coordination of to assist public in locating.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1522 Community hospitals; revise permitted investment McCoy
options.
03/07 (H) Died In Committee
SB2075 Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring Canon
* % forward and delete repealer.
04/27 Approved by Governor
SB2130 Federally funded welfare assistance programs; DHS shall Simmons
* report on.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2367 Health facilities; direct the issuance of a certificate Huggins
* of need to a certain hospital.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2427 Barber board regulations relating to sanitation; must Huggins *
* be approved by State Board of Health.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2428 Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring Huggins *
% forward and extend repealer.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2429 Residential child care facilites and youth camps; Huggins *
% increase licensure fees.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2431 Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; revise definitions Huggins *
* % and extend repealer.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2432 Food law regulation by the State Board of Health; Huggins *
delete certain outdated provisions.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2434 Hearing Aid Dealers Licensure Law; extend repealer on. Huggins *
% 04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2435 Child care facility licensure law; make technical Huggins *
* % amendments thereto.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2436 Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer. Huggins *
* 04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2437 Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions Huggins *
* V and definitions.
04/27 Vetoed
SB2461 State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; revise fees. Huggins
% 04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2472 Practice of podiatric medicine; clarify definition. Thames
* 04/27 Approved by Governor
SB2516 MS Dental Practice Act; make technical amendments to. Huggins
* % 04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2523 Involuntary commitment; authorize emergency detention Carlton
* of certain persons by licensed physicians and
psychologists.
04/27 Approved by Governor
SB2591 State Board of Cosmetology; revise certain license Canon
% qualifications and authorize biennial license renewal.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2604 Family foster care homes, child-caring and Huggins
% child-placing agencies; require licensure by DHS.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2605 Denial of claim for foster care or adoption assistance; Huggins
provide fair hearing procedures.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2631 Foster Care Reviews; conducted by the youth court or Huggins
the Department of Human Services.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2632 EBT system for food stamps; extend implementation Huggins
* dates.
04/27 Approved by Governor
SB2641 Vulnerable adult abuse and neglect; DHS shall Huggins
investigate if alleged action occurred in private
residence.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2704 Adult care facilities; define adult day services Burton
* facilities for licensure purposes.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2729 MS Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; Dawkins
* establish.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2736 Vulnerable Adults Act; provide for mandated reporters Little
* % of abuse and require criminal background checks for
nursing home employees.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2761 Orthotics and prosthetics certification; define Dearing
certifying agency.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2776 Executive Director, Division of Medicaid; prescribe Huggins
* qualifications for.
04/27 Approved by Governor
SB2845 Controlling communicable diseases in correctional Huggins *
% facilities; mandate access to Dept. of Health and
authorize cost reimbursement.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2847 Medicaid reimbursable services; include inpatient Huggins
* programmable pump implant.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2861 School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend Harden
for one year.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2865 Advertising by health care professionals; State Board Huggins
* % of Health establish standards.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2869 Medicaid program eligibility and reimbursable services; Huggins
* bring forward.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2904 Nursing; enact and enter into the interstate Nurse Huggins
% Licensure Compact.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2931 Statewide trauma care system; hospitals located in Huggins
* contiguous states may participate.
05/22 Approved by Governor
SB2942 Medicaid disproportionate share program; require Gordon
* hospitals to participate in an intergovernmental
transfer program.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3028 Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend one Thames
* year.
04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3058 Community hospitals; revise permitted investment Minor
options.
04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3074 Adoption; nurse practitioners competent to make Turner
* certificate.
05/03 Approved by Governor
SB3160 Mississippi Reducing Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies Nunnelee
* Incentive Grant Fund; make technical amendments to.
04/17 Approved by Governor
End Of Document
2000/pdf//House_Cmtes/PH.htm