SB2003 Rehabilitation services coverage; mandate in health Huggins
insurance policies.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2006 SDH report birth information on illegitimate children Huggins
to district attorneys; delete requirement.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2017 Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend Huggins
% repealer on licensure law.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2018 Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer. Huggins
% 03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2058 1987 Four-Lane Highway Program; authorize additional Dearing
* federal funds to be used in lieu of state funds.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2085 Drug and alcohol testing laboratories; make technical Huggins
amendments in conformity with federal law.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2091 Minimum insurance requirements for ambulance vehicles; Huggins
increase.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2092 "Patient Protection Act"; transfer administration from Huggins
MS Department of Insurance to MS Department of Health.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2129 Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer. Huggins
* % 04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2140 DHS; provide for board, and terms for executive Smith
director and office directors.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2167 Sale of certain food, drug or medical products; Huggins
restrict at flea markets.
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2189 Mississippi Medicaid Law; make technical amendments to. Huggins
* % V 04/12 (S) Veto Overridden
SB2191 Criminal record background check requirement for Huggins
* % licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make
technical amendments.
04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2204 Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and Huggins
* % make technical amendments.
04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2205 Controlled substance analogue; include in Uniform Huggins
* Controlled Substance Act and other criminal penalty
statutes.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2337 Liability; revise joint and several contributions. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2338 Tort reform; enact limitation of joinder. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2339 Product liability; revise for innocent seller. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2340 Punitive damages; impose limitation. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2341 Punitive damages; revise. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2342 Tort reform; enact. Kirby
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2343 Liability; limitation for premises owner. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2344 Damages; enact Noneconomic Damages Awards Act. Kirby
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2345 Catfish; revise labeling requirements and require Huggins
* Public Health Department to regulate restaurants.
04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2412 Health insurance; require plans to provide uniform Canon
* prescription identification cards.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2418 Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human Huggins
* spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2470 Child support; services to be provided by DHS. Huggins
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2474 Office of Community Services in DHS; change name to Huggins
Office of Juvenile Probation/Aftercare.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2477 Court-ordered home studies conducted by social workers; Huggins
% shall be paid by parents involved.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2487 Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring Huggins
% forward and delete repealer.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2488 Mississippi Vulnerable Adults Act; make technical Huggins
amendments to.
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2490 Child abuse and neglect cases in youth court; county Huggins
prosecuting attorney shall represent DHS.
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2493 Emancipation of a minor and recovery of child support Huggins
* payments in arrears in such cases; provide for.
04/04 (S) Died In Conference
SB2494 Certified animal euthanasia technicians; authorize MS Canon
% Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2495 Driver's license for foster teenage children; authorize Huggins
and provide tort claims coverage.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2497 Central registry of perpetrators of child abuse and Huggins
* neglect; authorize DHS to release information to
certain persons.
04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2500 Durable legal custody of a child ordered by the court; Huggins
DHS released from further custody and supervision.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2522 Custodial relative care for foster children; authorize Huggins
DHS to make payments to.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2540 Age of emancipation determination under URESA; repeal. Huggins
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2542 Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem Thames
* paid to board members.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2554 Fees charged by State Department of Health for food Huggins
% service establishments and wastewater disposal systems;
revise.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2576 Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law; Huggins
* % reenact and extend repealer on.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2654 Nursing homes and long-term care providers; revise Huggins
* statute of limitations and records confidentiality.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2656 Lease of public hospital; clarify board appointing Huggins
authority where lessee is another public hospital.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2657 Licensed chiropractor shall be a citizen of the United Huggins
* States; delete requirement.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2658 Governor's Commission on Disability; establish. Huggins *
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2659 Director of Mississippi Department of Mental Health Huggins
facilities may transfer patient/resident to another
facility; authorize.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2662 Criminal record background checks on prospective Huggins
* % employees and volunteers at the Department of Mental
Health; authorize.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2663 Juvenile Rehab Center in Brookhaven, Ms; authorize Huggins
* administration by State Dept of Mental Health.
04/02 Approved by Governor
SB2664 Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally Huggins
* Disturbed; provide for administration by Ms Dept. of
Mental Health.
04/02 Approved by Governor
SB2665 Assessment on traffic and implied consent law Huggins
% violations for Emergency Medical Services Fund;
increase.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2666 Physical Therapy Board; create to license physical Huggins
* % therapists, and transfer current licensure powers from
Board of Health.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2667 Central hospital health data registry system; authorize Huggins
* under direction of State Dept. of Health.
04/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB2694 Security guards at mental health facilities; authorize Huggins
* promotion to campus police after proper training.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2709 Division of Medicaid Drug Use Review Board and Huggins
Pharmacy/Therapeutics Committee; establish and empower.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2757 Rural Hospital Essential Service Provider Assistance Huggins
% Program; establish under Hospital Equipment/Facilities
Authority.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2765 Insured may be reimbursed for services performed by Huggins
licensed athletic trainer, authorize freedom of choice.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2871 Death certificates; corrections of errors in court Huggins
require medical examiner and county medical examiner as
defendants.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2907 State Highway System; add a segment in Carroll County. Huggins
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2939 Day care facility licensure; exempt facilities Huggins *
sponsored by a church.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2940 New facilities administered by MS Department of Mental Huggins
V Health; add to reimbursement statutes.
03/30 (S) Veto Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2941 Venue for bringing a cause of action against nursing Huggins
homes and other long term providers; provide.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2946 Bid exemptions for public hospitals and purchases of Huggins
% certain insurance contracts; authorize.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2982 Mississippi Medicaid Law; make technical amendments to. Huggins
% 02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3037 State Department of Health regulations on child care Huggins *
% facility usable space; impose certain limitations.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3060 Community mental health center transfer funds may be Huggins
* used for Medicaid match for mental health or
home/community services; authorize.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB3067 Corrections medical services; direct Department of Huggins
Corrections to cancel contract with UMC.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3099 Reappropriation; State Dept. of Education for textbooks Little
& classroom supplies; FY2003.
03/19 (H) Died In Committee
SB3118 Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for expansion of the Department Huggins
$% of Health's public health laboratory.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3146 Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority. Gordon
* 04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB3163 Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Gordon
* P Reimb. Local Confinement.
04/11 Part Veto Null Per AG Opinion
SB3164 Appropriation; Bureau of Narcotics. Gordon
* 04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB3165 Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol. Gordon
* 04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB3166 Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd. Gordon
* 04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB3167 Appropriation; Dept. of Mental Health. Gordon
* 04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB3188 Sales tax; define "hospital" for purposes of exemption Huggins
$% on sales to nonprofit hospitals.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3207 Department of Human Services; extend repealer on. Little
* @ 04/11 Approved by Governor
SB3221 Medicaid; allow Governor flexibility to administer the Huggins
%@ program.
04/12 (S) Died On Calendar
SC 506 Former State Senate President Pro Tempore Glen Deweese; Little
commend life and express sympathy of Legislature.
02/07 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 507 Ethics Commission's Executive Director Ron Crowe; Little
commend career of public service.
02/07 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 559 "Freedom's Wind" by musician Bill Murphy; designate as Johnson (19th)
official patriotic gift of Mississippi to America.
02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 561 "Voice of the Bulldogs" Jack Cristil; commend. Little
02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 580 Mississippi's Ageless Heroes; commend. Dearing
03/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 590 Suspend rules requesting the drafting, introduction, Little
consideration and passage of a bill; DHS; extend
repealer.
03/20 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 607 Harry H. Bonner, General Manager of Delta Electric Huggins
Power Association; commend career.
04/12 (H) Died In Committee
SR 18 Willie Ross Walker; commend life. Gordon
02/14 (S) Adopted
SR 42 Bluz Boys; commend on 20th Anniversary. Little
03/22 (S) Adopted
SR 68 Senator Johnnie "Teddy Bear" Walls; commend. Jordan
04/04 (S) Adopted
SR 77 Donna Dye; commend public service. Gordon
04/12 (S) Adopted
SR 80 Harry H. Bonner, General Manager of Delta Electric Huggins
Power Association; commend career.
04/12 (S) Adopted
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