Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

As of 06/01/04 at 15:41

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HB  39  Inherited metabolic diseases; create program to pay       Ishee
        cost of special formulas and foods for persons having. 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  40  Attention Deficit Disorder; require physician or          Fleming
        psychiatrist to report number of children diagnosed    
        with to school districts.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  41  Child care; create grant program to assist certain        Fleming
        parents with cost of providing for their children.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  42  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  43  Medical errors; establish task force to evaluate          Fleming
        impact.                                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  45  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; create.                  Moak
   %       03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  46  Medical documents; prohibit health care providers from    Moak
        charging excessive rates.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 279  Optometrists; certified optometrists may administer and   Guice
 *      prescribe certain drugs and perform certain eye care   
        procedures.                                            
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 282  Regulation of professional art therapists; reenact and    Watson
   %    extend repealer on (RP).                               
           04/14 (S) Died In Committee
HB 283  Barber Examiners, State Board of; reenact and extend      Watson
 * %    repealer on sections of law that create.               
           04/14 (S) Died In Committee
HB 290  Personal care homes; extend date of repeal on certain     Watson
   %    provisions of law regarding (RP).                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 322  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 325  Pain Relief Act; create.                                  Moak
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 329  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 374  Dead bodies; provide family the right to exhume body      Taylor
        and move to another grave site.                        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 387  Emergency contraception; provide for sexual assault       Fleming
        victims.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 398  Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,    Howell
   %    pharmacists; give income tax credit if move to and     
        practice in critical needs area.                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 400  Human Services, Department of; extend repealer on (RP).   Watson
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 402  Child Care Licensing Law; extend repealer on exemption    Watson
 *      for certain accredited programs (RP).                  
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 410  Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on (RP).             Watson
   %       03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 429  Baby drop-off; revise entities authorized to accept       Taylor
        newborn child.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 432  Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result   Moak
        from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 435  Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 438  Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund;   Watson
 *      extend repealers on (RP).                              
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 445  First responders; provide for certification of medical    Moore
 *      first responders.                                      
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 449  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in         Mayo
        separately enclosed bars.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 450  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.                  Mayo
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 451  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with          Mayo
        certain exceptions.                                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 456  Hospital; authorize CON for construction in City of       Woods
        Olive Branch in DeSoto County.                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 557  Board of Medical Licensure; authorize to issue            Barnett
        subpoenas during investigations and provide for rules  
        and appeals.                                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 558  Board of Medical Licensure; delete cap on assessment of   Barnett
   %    costs of disciplinary action.                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 587  Residential sewage disposal system; require approval by   Stevens
        Health Department before receiving utility services.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 589  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; allow to enter     Stevens
        into consent decrees with chiropractors.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 599  Child care facilities; develop list of contact persons    Holland
   %    to call if children don't timely arrive at facility.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 641  Council on Obesity Prevention; allow to become            Whittington
        nonprofit entity, and allow agencies to contract with. 
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 671  Social worker license; persons with degrees in certain    Fredericks
        other fields are eligible for.                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 692  Medical examiner; provide for confidentiality of          Fleming
        certain reports in death investigations.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 711  Hospitals; create ombudsman group to review complaints    Fleming
        filed by or on behalf of residents of.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 712  Clean Indoor Air Act; create.                             Fleming
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 714  Physicians; require background check and fingerprinting   Barnett
        for initial licensure of.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 715  Physicians; Board of Medical Licensure may make renewal   Barnett
 * %    applications available by electronic means.            
           05/13 Approved by Governor
HB 717  Infant Mortality Task Force; change Governor's            Moody
        appointments of voting members of.                     
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB 729  Vaccinations; allow exemption from for school             Fillingane
        attendance with certificate from physician.            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 749  Nursing homes; require inspection at least once during    Stevens
        each calendar year.                                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 772  Partnership for Healthy MS; ratify a approve              Reeves
        court-ordered tobacco settlement payments to.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 802  Nursing home; authorize CON for construction in           Green
        underserved minority ZIP Code area in certain county.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 811  State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology; create to       Stevens
   %    governing barbering and cosmetology professions.       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 816  Child protection specialists; may provide certain         Ishee
 *      services for DHS with oversight by social workers.     
           05/04 Approved by Governor
HB 826  First responder building mapping information system;      Gibbs
        provide for creation and operation of.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 831  Joint legislative study committee; create to study        Holland
 *      health care CON program.                               
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 848  Contracts; prohibit noncompetition provisions in          Ishee
        certain contracts between health care providers and    
        others.                                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 850  Seniors and Indigents Rx Program; establish to help       Reynolds
 *      access drug manufacturers discount cards and assistance
        programs.                                              
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 854  CON; authorize for additional beds at psychiatric         Rotenberry
        residential treatment facility in Simpson County.      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 871  Community public water systems; repeal section            Eaton
   %    requiring management training by board members of.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 881  Autopsies; only certified pathologists may perform.       Denny
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 902  CON; delete moratorium on issuance of for home health     Malone
        agencies.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 906  DHS; create monitoring board to monitor policies and      Holland
 *      activities of.                                         
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 907  State Board of Health; bring forward sections relating    Holland
   %    to for the purposes of amendment.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 908  Board of Mental Health; authorize to purchase             Holland
 * %    professional liability insurance for physicians,       
        dentists and nurse practitioners.                      
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 910  Department of Mental Health; may execute certain leases   Holland
 * %    and receive monies derived from.                       
           05/04 Approved by Governor
HB 911  State Department of Health; revise fees charged for       Holland
 * %    certain permits, evaluations and certifications.       
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 913  State Board of Nursing vehicles; exempt from being        Holland
        marked as a state vehicle.                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 914  Nursing facility; allow increase in certain number of     Holland
        beds within two years without a CON.                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 915  Criminal background checks; UMMC shall conduct for all    Holland
 * %    new employees.                                         
           05/03 (H) Died In Conference
HB 919  Prescription Drug Fair-Pricing Act; enact.                Evans
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 931  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on and      Evans
 *      delete authority for privatized child support          
        collection.                                            
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 940  Community hospitals; clarify that they can use other      Smith (39th)
   %    hospital assets as loan security.                      
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB 952  Medical records; allow patients to get one free copy      Gibbs
        when applying for disability benefits.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1008  Ice; authorize Board of Health to set sanitation          Green
   %    standards for production and sale of.                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1010  Food service establishments; authorize Board of Health    Holland
   %    to impose fine on those operating without a permit.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1013  Health care professional students; require criminal       Holland
 * %    background checks and fingerprinting for.              
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1014  Nursing Board; revise various statutes relating to.       Holland
   %       03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1024  CON; establish moratorium on issuing for                  Smith (39th)
        physician-owned specialty hospitals.                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1025  CON; may issue to certain hospitals for purpose of        Smith (39th)
        converting unused beds to nursing home beds.           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1033  Criminal background check; health care professional       Smith (39th)
   %    staffing agencies included in entities subject to.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1034  Critical access hospitals; increase the number of swing   Smith (39th)
        beds or acute care beds that may be operated in.       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1038  Abortions; require to be performed at ASF or hospital     Smith (39th)
 *      after first trimester.                                 
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1041  Mississippi Commission on Disability; create.             Akins
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1046  Health; SDH prepare state Hepatitis C plan, and allow     Bondurant
 *      obesity council to become nonpropfit entity.           
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1048  Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program;        Holland
        authorize grants to be made until 7/1/09.              
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB1085  Mental health patients; require to be admitted only to    Smith (39th)
        licensed or certified treatment facilities.            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1094  Heart attack and stroke acute care system; Health         Barnett
        Department shall develop and implement.                
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1098  Department of Human Services; authorize to pay            Perkins
        relatives who care for children who are removed from   
        parents.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1099  Social workers; revise grandfather period for             Perkins *
        licensing.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1144  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test and verifying health certificate every four years.
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1166  English language; must show ability in to get state       Moore
        license or public assistance.                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; revise    Barnett
        membership and report schedule of.                     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1185  AED; require registration of with Health Department and   Barnett
        provide civil immunity for certain users of.           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1187  Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Act;        Barnett
        create.                                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1239  CON; authorize for community living program for           Martinson
        developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1250  Public utility districts; allow to adopt stricter         Ellington
        ordinances for individual on-site waste water disposal 
        systems.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1274  Criminal background checks; exempt allied-health          Montgomery
   %    college and high school students from requirements for.
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1300  Child care service; prohibit employment with if           Moore
   %    convicted of certain crimes.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1316  Mississippi Healthy People 2010 Program;  Health          Coleman (65th)
        Department develop and implement.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1321  Child care service; prohibit employment with if           Formby
        convicted of sex offenses.                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1344  Board of Medical Licensure; expand membership to          Holland
 *      include consumers with no ties to physicians.          
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1345  CON; issue for MSU and health care provider to acquire    Holland
 *      and operate linear accelerator and MRI.                
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB1346  Criminal background checks; exempt students in health     Holland
   %    related professions schools from requirements for.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1347  Felony child abuse; district attorney's office shall      Holland
        conduct criminal forensic investigation in reported    
        cases of.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1351  Continuing care retirement communities; define and        Martinson
   %    exempt from nursing home bed assessment.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1367  Medical care information; Health Department may assess    Reed
 *      penalties on persons/entities for not providing        
        required information.                                  
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1373  Casket stores; require registration with and regulation   Banks
        by the State Board of Funeral Services.                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1400  Criminal background checks; entities that contract with   Smith (59th)
   %    licensed entities are subject to requirement for.      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1407  Mississippi Clearinghouse for People with Disabilities;   Holland
 *      create.                                                
           05/04 Approved by Governor
HB1427  Nursing home bed assessment; authorize variable amount    Snowden
   %    based on number of Medicaid beds in facility.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1454  Rural Health Availability Act; create.                    Moody
 * %       04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1455  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from       Whittington
   %    State Department of Health to State Department of Human
        Services.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1493  CON; authorize construction of new acute care hospitals   Holland
 *      in certain counties.                                   
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1494  State Medical Examiner; require to be board certified     Holland
        in forensic pathology.                                 
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1505  Research; provide for authorized consent to participate   Brown
        in.                                                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1530  Chronic Pain Treatment Act; create.                       Straughter
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1585  EBT card for food stamps and TANF; require to include     Lott
        photo of cardholder.                                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1590  Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer and     Fredericks
   %    make technical amendments to.                          
           04/12 (S) Died In Committee
HB1605  "Chiropractic  physician"; licensed chiropractors may     Read
        use title.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1607  Pharmacists; certain shall have pharmacy degrees          Read
   %    converted to PharmD degrees.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1608  Pharmacy Board; may request pharmacies to print or        Read
        reproduce certain records during inspections.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1609  Pharmacy Board; increase amount of monetary penalties     Read
   %    that board may charge for licensure law violations.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1610  Pharmacy Board; responsible for regulating legitimate     Read
   %    drug traffic among certain persons and facilities.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1615  Mississippi Freedom of Choice of Dentures Act;            Moak
   %    establish requirements for licensure of denturists.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1626  Ambulances and emergency vehicles; revise certain         Howell
 *      provisions regarding operation of.                     
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB1644  Contagious disease; require Health Department to          Scott
        conduct workshops in area of high instances of         
        occurrence.                                            
           03/18 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2009  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
   %    forward and delete repealer.                           
           04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2028  Adult care facilities; define adult day services          Burton
 * %    facilities for licensure purposes.                     
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2102  State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.      Thames
   %       04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2148  Disciplinary action against chiropractors; authorize      Dearing
   %    consent decrees and advisory opinions.                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2156  Health Care Principal/Expendable Fund; extend             Gordon
        repealers.                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2314  Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention;        Mettetal
 *      revise membership.                                     
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2404  Vulnerable adults; revise sexual battery and fondling.    Burton
 *         04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2406  Department of Mental Health; define authority to lease.   Nunnelee
 * %       04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2432  UMMC perform criminal history background checks on new    Burton
 * %    employees and contractors; authorize.                  
           05/03 (S) Died In Conference
SB2433  Exemption from child-care facility licensure for          Nunnelee
 *      accredited programs; extend repealer on.               
           05/03 (S) Died In Conference
SB2434  Licensure standards for personal care homes; extend       Nunnelee
        repealer on.                                           
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2460  AED; require registration of with Health Department and   Nunnelee
 *      provide civil immunity for certain users of.           
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2470  Consent to participate in research; provide for.          Tollison
           04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2510  "Chiropractic Physician"; licensed chiropractors may      Little
 *      use title.                                             
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2519  Critical access hospitals; revise definition to conform   Nunnelee
 *      to federal law.                                        
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2520  Mississippi qualified health center grant program;        Nunnelee
        extend authority to issue grants under.                
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2521  Admission and discharge procedures for mentally ill       Nunnelee
 *      patients committed to treatment facilities; clarify.   
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2544  Community hospital authority to pledge hospital assets    Robertson
   %    for debt; clarify.                                     
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2554  Sex offenders; prohibit from owning, working for, or      Ross
 * %    volunteering for a child care service.                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2569  Health care employee criminal background check            Nunnelee
   %    procedures; may be used by professional staffing       
        agencies.                                              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2607  Health care worker criminal background check              Burton
 * %    requirements; do not apply to certain students         
        performing clinical training.                          
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2721  Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend      Nunnelee
 * %    repealer and make technical amendments.                
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2765  Administrative fine for food service  establishments      Nunnelee
   %    operating without a permit; authorize.                 
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2841  Department of Human Services; extend repealer on.         Nunnelee
 *  @      05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SB2846  Veterans' homes; require Department of Health to          Lee (47th)
 *      inspect twice a year.                                  
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2850  "Rural Health Availability Act"; enact.                   Burton
 *         04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2859  Magnetic resonance imaging unit and linear accelerator    Jackson (15th)
 *      at MSU; authorize CON with conditions.                 
           04/29 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2990  Disabled Physician Law; certain records shall be          King
        confidential.                                          
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB3007  Ambulances; revise rules of the road.                     Tollison
 *         04/06 (H) Died In Committee

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