HB 168 Baby Drop-off; allow without criminal liability. Pierce
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 169 Children; prescribe procedure for parent to surrender Taylor
* custody without liability.
03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 170 Child abandonment; no criminal liability if newborn is Fleming
left with health care provider within 14 days of birth.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 195 Needles; Board of Health adopt regulations to reduce Fleming
transmission of bloodborne pathogens through.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 196 Massage therapists; provide for registration of. Fredericks
* % 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 197 Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical Fredericks
% therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from
Board of Health.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 198 Medicaid; mental health services provided by licensed Whittington
professional counselors are reimbursable under.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 199 Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay Ishee
cost of special formulas and foods for persons having.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 200 Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with McBride
certain income shall receive under Medicaid.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 201 Nursing facility; allow 15 Medicaid beds at existing Flaggs
facility in Vicksburg.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 202 Automatic external defibrillators; establish fund to Davis
reimburse counties and cities for purchasing.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 204 Children's Health Insurance Program; may include Moak
parents of eligible children if funds available.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 205 Certificate of need laws; repeal. Fleming
% 01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 206 Health care practitioners; out-of-state licensees may Fleming
practice without Mississippi license on voluntary
charitable basis.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 207 Abortions; limit the legalization of. Fleming
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 320 Psychiatric drugs; Health Department study use by and Fleming
effects on school-age children.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 321 Obesity; require Health Department to study effects of Fleming
and make recommendations to the Legislature.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 322 Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer and Brown *
abolish Division of Medicaid.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 337 Audiologists; exempt from hearing aid specialists Martinson
licensure law.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 360 Medical errors; establish task force to evaluate Fleming
impact.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 427 "Jobline"; Department of Rehabilitation Services to Clarke
establish a touch-tone national job search system.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 442 Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal Ford
% System Law; reenact and extend the repealer for one
year.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 444 Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; delete repealer Ford
* and allow coverage of certain dental services.
04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 445 School nurse intervention program; extend repealer. Ford
* 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 470 Certificate of need; extend repealer. Ford
* 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 471 Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer. Ford
* 03/24 Approved by Governor
HB 473 Medicaid; extend repealer on implantable programmable Ford
* pump.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 478 Children's Advisory Council; reenact and extend Ford
repealer for one year.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 479 Department of Human Services; extend repealer. Ford
* 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 481 Permit requirements for persons providing home medical Ford
% equipment; extend repealer.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 504 Cosmetology Board; reenact and extend repealer on. Young
* % 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 512 Medicaid; extend repealer on contingency plan for Ford
millennium conversion.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 517 State Board of Health and the State Department of Ford
% Health; extend repealer for one year.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 519 State Board of Psychologists and licensing Ford
% requirements; extend repealer for one year.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 520 Mississippi Board of Optometry; extend repealer. Ford
* % 02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 521 Marriage and Family Therapy; extend repealer on Ford
% Licensure Act.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 522 State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer. Ford
* % 03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 546 Medicaid and CHIP; expand eligibility to include Espy
parents and caretaker relatives of certain children.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 551 School nurse intervention program; establish special Dedeaux
fund and program to assist school districts in
defraying costs of.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 578 Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons Moak
having right of consent to.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 614 Food service employees; require physical exam and blood Eaton
% test, and verifying health certificate every four
years.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 631 Corrective lenses; prescription issued to person over Fillingane
age 18 does not expire.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 634 Foster care payments; limit to two children per family, Roberson
and increase for children with debilitating diseases.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 665 Nurse practitioners; regulations regarding practice Stevens
will be promulgated only by Board of Nursing.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 670 Elderly and vulnerable adults; create task force to Eads
study and report to Legislature.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 671 Death; delete provision from Medical Examiner Act Compretta
allowing certain nonphysicians to express opinion of
occurrence.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 681 Cemeteries; provide cause of action to enforce care and Ellis
maintenance of.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 683 Pain Relief Act; create. Moak
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 688 Children; provide for legal baby drop-off instead of Stevens
abandonment.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 692 Public water systems; certain cross connections not Denny
* required to have backflow preventers.
04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 703 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); provide Smith (39th)
comprehensive pediatric dental care under.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 759 Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; create. Barnett (92nd)
* 04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 767 Adolescent psychiatric beds; authorize CON for Young
* additional in Lauderdale County.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 797 Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women; create. Scott (17th)
* 04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 822 Immunity; provide to certain church-operated medical Flaggs
* clinics and to legislative "doctors of the day".
03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 832 Mississippi Board of Psychology; extend repealer and Moody
% make technical amendments.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 833 Liability; provide immunity for retired physicians who Moody
serve Legislature as "doctor of the day."
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 853 Children; provide for drop-off centers as alternative Clarke
to abandonment.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 881 Medicaid; revise eligibility and services provisions. Moody
* % 04/12 Approved by Governor
HB 882 Marriage records; delete specific fee charged by Health Moody
% Department to certify for court purposes.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 929 Persons with disabilities; provide for development of Evans
* % comprehensive state plan for providing services to.
03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 939 Medicaid and CHIP; provide for presumptive eligibility Espy
for children under those programs.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 967 Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from Moak
% charging excessive rates.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 978 Optometry; extend repealer and authorize certified Guice
% optometrists to administer and prescribe drugs related
to practice.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 981 Nursing homes; require criminal history checks on all Moody
% new direct patient care employees.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 983 CHIP; provide for more informative denial notice and Holland
for referral of denied applicants to consumer
assistance programs.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 986 Newborn screening tests; attending physician provide Holland
* parents with information about additional tests
available.
04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 991 Medicaid; seek federal waiver to cover services in both Holland
Level I and Level II personal care homes.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 993 Massage therapists; license and regulate. Broomfield
% 01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1000 Medicaid; provide for reimbursement for nursing Moody
facility services for the severely disabled.
03/11 Approved by Governor
HB1001 Medicaid; certain services for dually eligible Holland
* beneficiaries are reimbursable under.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1006 Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50 Banks
years old to Department of Archives and History.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1017 Emergency medical services (EMS) statutes; make Moody
technical amendments to.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1018 State Board of Health and State Department of Health; Moody
% extend repealer on.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1019 Newborn screening program; authorize Health Department Moody
to test for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1022 Early hearing detection and intervention program for Moody
newborns, infants and toddlers; make technical
amendments to.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1025 Social workers and marriage and family therapists Moody
% licensing law; reenact and make technical amendments
to.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1026 Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers; make Moody
technical amendments to.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1027 Nursing; Workforce Program and Office of Nursing Moody
Workforce; revise provisions relating to.
03/11 Approved by Governor
HB1028 Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions Moody
and definitions.
03/12 Approved by Governor
HB1053 Obesity; create Mississippi Council on Obesity Whittington
Prevention and Management.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1082 Hospital beds; allow transfer from North Panola McBride
* Community Hospital to South Panola Community Hospital
without CON review.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1090 Death certificates; medical amendments in court require Holland
* medical examiner and county medical examiner as
defendants.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1120 State Board of Health; establish penalties for persons Frierson
violating reporting requirements (PEER).
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1153 Medicaid; allow at least 20 days of outpatient Myers
physician's services annually for all recipients.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1163 Nurses; Nursing Board is responsible for legitimate Read
* % drug traffic among nurses.
03/23 Approved by Governor
HB1173 Prescription drugs; person eligible for Medicare with Rushing
certain income shall receive under Medicaid.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184 Medicaid; increase income allowed for eligibility of Reynolds
elderly and disabled persons.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1195 Water and wastewater; Department of Environmental Broomfield
% Quality to regulate rather than Department of Health.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1224 Occupational Therapy Licensure Act; amendments to. Moody
% 03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1225 Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend Moody
* % repealer and require liability insurance for
installers.
04/07 Approved by Governor
HB1226 State Tobacco Prevention and Control Commission; Moody
establish.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1238 Medicaid; certain persons living at home and having Grist
* high drug expenses eligible for.
04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1245 Autopsy report; parents of deceased persons shall be Banks
provided a copy.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1250 Vulnerable Adults Act; provide for mandated reporters Smith (39th)
% of abuse and require criminal background checks for
nursing home employees.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1258 TANF; require DHS to establish resource program for Scott (80th)
recipients starting a business and require recipients
to use program.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1261 Division of Family and Youth Services; create study Clark
committee on.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1266 Physicians; provide grants and tax credits to practice Scott (80th)
% family medicine in critical needs areas.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1275 Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Moody
* Youth; establish to provide coordinated services to SED
children.
04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1281 Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to serve as Clarke
coordinating agency for children and family services.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1298 Medicare Upper Payments Limits Program; Division of Moody
% Medicaid shall establish for hospitals.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1302 Barbers; revise several provisions of licensure law. Moody
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1305 Personal care homes and Alzheimer's units; provide Moody
certain minimum licensure requirements.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1308 Medicaid; services provided to children under EPSDT by Whittington
licensed professional counselors are reimbursable.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1314 Department of Human Services; extend repealer and Moody
* delete authority for privatized child support
collection.
02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1315 Domestic violence; DHS enforce standards to help Scott (80th)
protect TANF recipients who are victims of.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1319 Vulnerable Adults Act; revise and provide enhanced Franks
% penalties for crimes against the elderly.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1323 Mentally ill person; revise time for delivery to Mayo
facility after commitment order.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1333 Mental health facilities and procedures; revise and Moody
* % update various laws regarding.
03/30 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1349 Death certificates; attending physicians must sign Banks
within ten days after presented.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1383 Child care facility; person with registered nurse Creel
% license and OCY credential may be operator of.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1391 Nurses; add nurse member to Board of Mental Health. Rotenberry
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1396 CON; increase minimum capital expenditure that requires Ketchings
CON review to $5 million.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1425 Commitment; revise certain provisions. Watson
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1444 Safe Drinking Water Act; repeal. Moore (60th)
% 01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1445 Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend Ellington
% repealer and require approval of installation.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1449 Medicaid; division must follow reimbursement guidelines Moody
for long-term care facilities.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1458 Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend Franks
% repealer and require approval of installation.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1478 Personal care homes; resident may continue to reside Taylor
* % there with consent regardless of certain licensing
agency determination.
04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1479 Nursing home surveyors; require to observe actual Smith (59th)
* nursing home operations.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1480 Medicaid; provide eligibility for certain women needing Holland
treatment for breast or cervical cancer.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1490 Septic tanks; require mobile home owners to install Rotenberry
within six months.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1503 Home Detention for Juveniles Program; establish under Scott (80th)
% Department of Human Services.
01/30 (H) Died In Committee
SB2032 EBT system for food stamps; clarify implementation Huggins
dates.
03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2107 Adult care facilities; define adult day services Burton
% facilities for licensure purposes.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2135 State Board of Cosmetology; extend automatic repealer Bryan
* on.
03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2137 MS Chiropractic Practice Act; make technical amendments Huggins
% and extend repealer.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2182 School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend Harden
for one year.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2209 Emergency Medical Service (EMS); statutes; make Huggins
* technical amendments to.
04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2210 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); State Dept. of Huggins
Health add to newborn screening program.
03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2211 State Board of Health and State Department of Health; Huggins
% extend repealer.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2212 Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers Act; make Huggins
technical amendments to.
03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2241 Limited physicians license; authorize for director of Huggins
* state hospital.
03/05 Approved by Governor
SB2251 Adolescent psych beds; authorize CON for additional in Huggins
* Lauderdale Co.; give certain county hospitals priority
for CONs.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2266 Early hearing detection and intervention program for Huggins
infants and toddlers; make technical amendments to.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2268 Child care facility licensure law; clarify exemptions Huggins
and definitions.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2270 State Board of Optometry; extend repealer on. Huggins
* 03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2271 Mississippi Board of Psychology; extend repealer and Huggins
% make technical amendments.
03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2287 Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapists Licensing Huggins
% Law; extend repealer and make technical amendments
thereto.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2292 Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer. Huggins
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2301 Welfare; provide for a study of the effects of welfare Farris
* reform on its recipients.
03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2307 Charge fee to certify any copy of a marriage record for Huggins
% court purposes; delete specific fee.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2333 CON exemption for continuing care retirement Huggins
* facilities; extend repealer.
03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2342 Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Thames
* Youth; establish and empower to provide coordinated
services to SED children.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2343 MS Occupational Therapy Practice Act; revise Huggins
% definitions and make technical amendments to.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2350 Personal care homes and Alzheimer's units; provide Huggins
* certain minimum licensure requirements.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2360 Massage therapists; license and regulate. Huggins
* % 04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2373 MS Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; Dawkins
establish.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2392 Liability; provide immunity for any church operating a Chaney
* charity medical clinic.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2424 Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program for hospital Little
* % Medicaid reimbursement; Division of Medicaid to
establish.
02/27 Approved by Governor
SB2501 Vulnerable Adults Act; enhance penalties, define abuse Little
* % and require criminal background checks for employees.
04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2503 Study Mississippi Department of Children's Affairs; Smith
* % extend repealer on DHS.
04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2507 Personal care homes; require patient deposit accounts Farris
* and certain records in patient's rooms.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2552 Office of Nursing Workforce in the Board of Nursing; Huggins
* rename and clarify responsibilities.
03/22 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2639 Immunization of school children; clarify requirements. Huggins
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2648 Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and Minor
* prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care
procedures.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2694 Department of Human Services; require notice to county Mettetal
board of supervisors of vacant county director
position.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2752 Office of Community Services in DHS; change name to Huggins
Office of Juvenile Probation/Aftercare.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2754 Implantable pumps are reimbursed by Medicaid as other Bryan
* allowable costs, with exception; provide that.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2757 Commission on the Status of Women; establish. Williamson
* 02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2760 Mentally ill; revise commitment. Turner
03/05 Approved by Governor
SB2796 Board of Mental Health; authorize negotiation for sale Thames
* % of Boswell Regional Center property.
04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2806 Organ donation; clarify authority of organ donor. Bryan
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2957 Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend Dawkins
* % repealer.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2990 Mississippi Children's Health Care Act; extend Huggins
repealer.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
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