Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

As of 01/02/07 at 12:33

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HB  71  Autopsies; only certified pathologists may perform.       Denny
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  82  Hospital; remove all except specialty hospitals from      Woods
        application of CON law.                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  83  CON; authorize construction of new acute care hospital    Woods
        in the City of Olive Branch.                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  97  Military veterans; provide for screening of certain who   Mayo
        may have been exposed to depleted uranium.             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 109  Attention Deficit Disorder; require physician or          Fleming
        psychiatrist to report number of children diagnosed    
        with to school districts.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 118  Medical examiner; provide for confidentiality of          Fleming
        certain reports in death investigations.               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 132  Child care facilities; create reimbursement program for   Fleming
        cost of obtaining criminal background checks.          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 133  Child care; create grant program to assist certain        Fleming
        parents with cost of providing for their children.     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 155  Child care providers; establish Development and           Fleming
        Retention Grant Program and Scholarship Program for.   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 195  State Health Plan; certain counties shall be included     Woods
        in same General Hospital Service Area.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 253  Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons       Moak
        having right of consent to.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 258  Pain management; express legislative intent to            Moak
 *      recognize medical discipline of.                       
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 276  Medical Practice Disclosure Act; create.                  Moak
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 278  Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result   Moak
        from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 296  CON; authorize nursing home in Hinds County for           Flaggs
        disabled adults.                                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 329  Department of Human Services; authorize to pay            Perkins
        relatives who care for children who are removed from   
        parents.                                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 335  Dentists and dental hygienists; authorize limited         Guice
   %    license for graduates of foreign schools to practice in
        state institutions.                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 339  Dental hygiene; certain graduates of foreign schools      Guice
   %    who hold license from another state will get           
        Mississippi license.                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 344  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants.                  Mayo
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 351  Smoking; prohibit in family restaurants except in         Mayo
        separate enclosed bars.                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 352  Smoking; prohibit in enclosed public places with          Mayo
        certain exceptions.                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 368  Personal care homes; extend repealer on certain           Warren
   %    provisions regarding.                                  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 376  Personal care services; persons providing to certain      Fredericks
        bedridden persons must have training in minimum        
        standards of care.                                     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 379  Critical Needs Nursing Faculty Incentive Program;         Montgomery
 * %    provide salary supplements for nurse faculty.          
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 407  Clinical trials; hospitals and IHLs may not conduct       Upshaw
        unless results will be made public and posted on       
        website.                                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 415  Massage therapy; exempt certain schools from certain      Moore
   %    fees and requirements under licensing act.             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 434  Abortion; minors without parental consent may not         Fillingane
        obtain until court waives consent requirement.         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 439  Divorce; require counseling of parents and minor          Whittington
        children.                                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 446  Mental Health, Board of; establish policies by which      Whittington
   %    certain employees may be provided housing.             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 452  Nursing homes; may add up to 60 new beds without CON if   Fillingane
        have 95% occupancy rate.                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 453  Abortions; physicians performing in clinics must be       Fillingane
        board certified in OB/GYN.                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 454  TANF benefits; deny to parents who fail to comply with    Fillingane
        certain recommendations to improve child's health.     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 455  TANF recipients; require testing for functional           Fillingane
        literacy and attendance in literacy program.           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 457  Certificate of need program; abolish.                     Fillingane
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 498  State license or benefits; must be U.S. citizen or        Moore
        permanent resident and show ability in English to      
        receive.                                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 506  English language; must show ability in to get state       Moore
        license or public assistance.                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 526  Breast feeding; require day-cares and employers to make   Clarke
        reasonable accommodation.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 532  Child protection specialists; extend repealer on formal   Warren
        standards for and authority to provide certain         
        services.                                              
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 535  Child Care Licensing Law; delete repealer on exemption    Warren
 *      for certain accredited programs.                       
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 542  Board of Pharmacy; extend repealer on.                    Warren
 * %       04/05 Approved by Governor
HB 543  Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Warren
   %    extend repealer on.                                    
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 544  Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer on.      Warren
 * %       03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 554  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Holland
   %    delete repealer on.                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 555  Child care facilities; exempt from licensure any school   Holland
        affiliated with accelerated Christian Education, Inc.  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 557  Medical radiation technologists; extend repealer on       Holland
 * %    registration of.                                       
           03/02 (S) Died In Committee
HB 559  Permit fees; authorize Board of Health to assess for      Holland
 * %    environmental services.                                
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 560  Child death review panel; create.                         Holland
 *         04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 561  Water quality analysis fee; increase authorized amount    Holland
   %    per connection.                                        
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 570  CCDF/TANF program; extend repealer on requirements for    Warren
 *      Department of Human Services in operation of.          
           03/27 (H) Died In Conference
HB 582  Barber Law; revise certain provisions of.                 Frierson
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 584  Medical Radiation Technology Council; extend repealer     Warren
        for powers and duties of.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 589  Hospice facilities and hospice services; require CON      Holland
        for.                                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 590  Hospices; revise definition for licensure purposes to     Holland
 * %    conform to federal law.                                
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 599  Medicaid; allow certain faith-based assisted living       Holland
 *      facilities to participate in waiver program.           
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 600  CON; authorize additional nursing home beds at hospital   Robinson (84th)
        in Clarke County.                                      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 601  CON; authorize for community living program for           Martinson
        developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 603  EMS services; include in quality assurance review         Holland
        process.                                               
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 646  Radioactive materials; increase schedule of fees          Holland
 * %    charged by Health Department for regulation of.        
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 647  Putative Father Registry; establish.                      Holland
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 648  Past-due child support; require insurance companies to    Holland
        withhold from certain policies.                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 649  Chronic Kidney Disease Act; create.                       Holland
 *         02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 650  Pharmacists; provide for granting of nontraditional       Holland
        Pharm D degree to certain.                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 660  Health insurance; require reimbursement for services of   Moore
        a podiatrist.                                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 662  Vaccinations; allow exemption from for school             Fillingane
        attendance with certificate from physician.            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 708  Individual on-site wastewater disposal systems; require   Mims *
   %    Health Department inspection and approval before       
        operation of.                                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 749  Residential health care facilities; require to have       Lane
   %    emergency generator to operate air conditioning during 
        power outage.                                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 754  Child protection teams; mandate creation of.              Carlton
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 775  Wastewater disposal systems; Health Department shall      Mims
        require repair where waste being discharged off        
        property.                                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 778  Child protection/social worker standards and various      Warren
        other provisions; extend repealer on (RP).             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 780  Ambulatory surgical facilities definition; extend         Warren
 *      repealer.                                              
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB 782  Infant Mortality Task Force; extend repealer.             Warren
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 783  Council on Obesity Prevention and Management; extend      Warren
        repealer.                                              
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 818  Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or        Moak
        guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic    
        device.                                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 848  Smoking; prohibit in public facility when youth are       Bondurant
 *      engaged in organized athletic event in facility.       
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 861  Contagious disease; require Health Department to          Scott
        conduct workshops in area of high instances of         
        occurrence.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 873  Home Detention for Juveniles Program; establish under     Scott
   %    Department of Human Services.                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 878  Pharmacies; require drug manufacturers to provide for     Howell
   %    returns of outdated drugs from for full credit or      
        replacement.                                           
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 884  Vision screening; require certain elementary students     Holland
        to document having passed before enrolling.            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 886  DHS child protection specialists; delete repealers on     Holland
        authority for duties of.                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 887  Physician assistants; authorize temporary license for     Holland
        certain applicants enrolled in master's degree program.
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 888  Controlled substances; Pharmacy Board shall establish     Holland
        computerized monitoring program to track dispensing of.
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 895  Hemodialysis technicians; create program under board of   Holland
   %    Nursing for certification of.                          
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 908  Burn Center; establish in 2007 at UMMC.                   Holland
 * %       02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 909  Sudden death of infants; bring forward medical examiner   Holland
   %    and autopsy laws for amendment relating to.            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 911  Disabled persons; require doctors to provide medical      Hines
   %    records at no cost until after determination of        
        eligibility.                                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 916  Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to     Upshaw
   %    persons with mental illness/retardation.               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 917  Radiologist assistants; authorize Board of Medical        Barnett
   %    Licensure to license and regulate.                     
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 925  Statewide behavioral modification institute; authorize    Hines
   %    Our House, Incorporated, to serve as.                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 937  Newborns; require testing of oxygen saturation level      Aldridge
        before discharge from hospital.                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 972  Child support; increase dollar threshold requiring        Snowden
        court to make written findings of reasonableness.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 988  Abortion; person seeking must be given opportunity to     Wells-Smith
        view ultrasound image of unborn child.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 989  Life support system; state's official for courts to       Fillingane
        follow is to sustain life if conflict between family   
        members about removal of.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1052  Youth court; expand jurisdiction to modify child          Holland
 *      support payee in certain circumstances.                
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB1060  Physical therapists services; delete requirement for      Holland
        referral by physician.                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1061  Physical therapists; authorize examination and            Holland
        treatment without physician referral under certain     
        conditions.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1062  Nursing Practice Law; make technical changes to.          Holland
 * %       03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1075  State-funded social services; person must be citizen or   Lott
        legally authorized to be in U.S. to receive.           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1081  Health care services; plan to provide to low income       Woods
        persons on prepaid basis not considered to be          
        insurance.                                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1095  CONs for PRTF beds and child psychiatrics beds; direct    Young
        transfer of.                                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1105  Food service employees; require physical exam and blood   Eaton
   %    test and verifying health certificate every four       
        years.                                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1115  Tobacco settlement payments; provide annual               Brown
 *   V  appropriation from to Partnership for a Healthy        
        Mississippi smoking prevention program.                
           03/30 (H) Allow Governor's Veto to Stand
HB1117  Prescription drugs; provide for licensure and             Holland
   %    regulation of wholesale distributors of.               
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1129  Licensed professional counselors; provide immunity for    Whittington
 *      making child abuse reports and make records            
        confidential.                                          
           03/23 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1136  Ambulance service; establish grant program for certain    Eaton
        rural counties to assist in contracting for.           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1174  State Board of Health; require to establish Office of     Evans
   %    Occupational Safety and Health in Department of Health.
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1175  Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; revise     Robinson (63rd)
        definition of "insurance" under.                       
           03/21 Approved by Governor
HB1182  Nursing homes; transfers of licenses and managing         Franks
        entities of must be approved by licensing agency.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Franks
   %    delete repealer and revise various provisions of.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1200  Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Disclosure and     Smith (39th)
        Risk Reduction Act; create.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1204  Abortion; person seeking must be given opportunity to     Smith (39th)
        view ultrasound image of unborn child.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1221  CON; issue to move nursing home beds from Hancock         Compretta
 *      County to Harrison County and construct new facility.  
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB1226  Occupational health and safety program; require State     Evans
        Board of Health to establish.                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1227  Prescription drugs; bring forward sections providing      Barnett
        for drug repository program for donated drugs.         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1228  DFA; prohibit expenditure of certain funds unless it      Barnett
        allows construction of crisis center in Brookhaven.    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1231  Ambulatory surgical facility; certain offices of          Flaggs
        private physicians shall require CON as.               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1232  Ambulatory surgical facility; certain offices of          Flaggs
        private physicians shall be licensed and require CON   
        as.                                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1233  Ambulatory surgical facility; certain offices of          Flaggs
        private physicians shall be subject to licensure as.   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1234  CON; revise list of activities that require.              Flaggs
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1235  Medical records affidavits; limit amount medical          Upshaw
 *      providers may charge.                                  
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1244  Preneed funeral services; sellers must register with      Banks
   %    Board of Funeral Service.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1261  State Board of Rehabilitation Services; revise            Franks
        composition of.                                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1283  CON; clarify requirements for issuance for relocation     Baker (74th)
        of health care facility.                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1325  Casket stores; require registration with and regulation   Banks
        by the State Board of Funeral Service.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1326  Breast-feeding; require day cares and employers to make   Banks
        reasonable accomodation.                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1338  CCDF/TANF program; delete repealer on requirements for    Fredericks
        DHS in operation of.                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1372  Health access accounts; authorize establishment of and    Dedeaux
   %    provide income tax deductions for contributions to.    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1379  Medicaid; funding for nursing home services may be used   Holland
 *      to pay for home- and community-based services.         
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB1391  Prescription drugs; require MS residents to have          Bentz
        physical exam before purchasing on the Internet.       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1392  Smoking; prohibit in restaurants.                         Bentz
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1402  Health information; parent may obtain from health         Clark
        department about services provided to minor child.     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1411  Nonprofit medical liability insurance corporations;       Moak
   %    bring forward law for purposes of amendment.           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1420  Ambulance service; repeal permit requirements to          Morris
   %    conduct membership subscription program.               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1422  Tanning facilities; restrict use of by children under     Stevens
        age 18.                                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1432  Funeral home director; revise qualifications for          Middleton
   %    licensure of persons with certain experience.          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1434  Dead human bodies; require affixing of permanent ID       Lane
        metal tags to before burial.                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1441  Health care providers; endow with a lien on certain       Chism
        third-party payment for services to patient or         
        policyholder.                                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1457  Exemption from seizure; exempt amounts in health          Fillingane
 *      savings accounts.                                      
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB1460  Closing the Gap Act; create.                              Hines
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1468  Funerals; limit access of protestors.                     Formby
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
SB2127  Joint Study Committee on the Critical Needs of Nursing    Nunnelee
 * %    Faculty at IHL and community colleges; establish.      
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2156  Administrative fine for food service establishments       Nunnelee
 * %    operating without a permit; authorize.                 
           03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2159  Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH   Nunnelee
   %    to DHS.                                                
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2365  Medical radiation technologists; extend repealer on       Nunnelee
 * %    licensure statutes.                                    
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2386  Hospices; revise definition to conform with federal       Nunnelee
 * %    standards for licensure purposes.                      
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2387  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; extend repealer    Nunnelee
   %    on.                                                    
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2388  DHS family protection worker/specialist                   Nunnelee
 *      responsibilities; provide qualifications and delete    
        repealers.                                             
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2471  Abortion facilities; delete repealer on certain           Nunnelee
        licensure categories.                                  
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2571  Temporary medical license for certain applicants;         Nunnelee
        authorize for enrollees in required master's degree    
        program.                                               
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2609  Child care facility licensure requirements; exempt        Gordon
        school affiliated with Accelerated Christian Education,
        Inc.                                                   
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2677  Physical therapists; authorize to provide services        Nunnelee
 *      without referral under certain circumstances.          
           03/29 Approved by Governor
SB2716  Abstinence education and fetal awareness instruction;     White
 *      require in all high schools.                           
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2729  Immunity for good faith reporting of suspected abuse      Nunnelee
        and neglect; add licensed professional counselors.     
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2730  Statewide program for certification of hemodialysis       Nunnelee
   %    technicians by Mississippi Board of Nursing; establish.
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2784  Wastewater; remove repealer on MS Individual On-Site      Moffatt
        Wastewater Disposal System Law.                        
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2882  Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; create.                Nunnelee
 *         04/03 Approved by Governor
SB2922  Informed consent for an abortion; require a sonogram      Nunnelee
 *  @   and auscultation of fetal heart tone.                  
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2957  Repealers; delete wholesale sunset on various youth       Tollison
 *      court, domestic relations and criminal laws.           
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB3121  TANF eligibility; clarify applicant job search            Nunnelee
 *  @   requirement.                                           
           04/24 Approved by Governor


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


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