2023 Regular Session
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HB 9 Good Policy |
Pharmacists; authorize to test for and treat certain minor, nonchronic health conditions subject to certain requirements. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes regulations and allows pharmacists to treat minor illnesses such as the flu and strep. | ||||
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HB 12 Good Policy |
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing 'mentally retarded' with 'intellectual disability'. | Dead | ||
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HB 15 Not Rated |
Regional food banks; DHS establish grant program to provide annual grant funding to. | Dead | ||
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HB 55 Not Rated |
School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 92 Not Rated |
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health. | Dead | ||
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HB 106 Not Rated |
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments. | Dead | ||
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HB 107 Not Rated |
Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2023; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 108 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | Dead | ||
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HB 110 Good Policy |
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary certificate of need regulations from certain medical facilities. | ||||
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HB 118 Not Rated |
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to. | Dead | ||
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HB 139 Not Rated |
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 142 Not Rated |
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 160 Not Rated |
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission. | Dead | ||
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HB 163 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act'; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students. | Dead | ||
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HB 166 Not Rated |
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups. | Dead | ||
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HB 168 Not Rated |
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability. | Dead | ||
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HB 172 Not Rated |
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessments to members of school athletic teams. | Dead | ||
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HB 174 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for. | Dead | ||
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HB 175 Not Rated |
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees. | Dead | ||
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HB 179 Not Rated |
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties. | Dead | ||
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HB 183 Not Rated |
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against. | Dead | ||
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HB 184 Not Rated |
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within. | Dead | ||
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HB 185 Not Rated |
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on. | Dead | ||
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HB 188 Not Rated |
Mississippi Board of Human Services; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 198 Not Rated |
Chronic diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs in certain counties. | Dead | ||
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HB 203 Not Rated |
School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 205 Not Rated |
Public universities and colleges; require to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building on campus. | Dead | ||
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HB 257 Neutral |
Physical therapists; not required to have prior work experience to work at PPEC center. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes a regulation to allow for more candidates to be considered for the PPEC center. | ||||
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HB 259 Good Policy |
Medical radiation technologists; delete repealers on registration statutes. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill deletes the repealer on the law for the continuing education requirements for medical radiation technologists. The senate strike all added the language in for the occupational therapy state compact, allowing Mississippians to have access to more care, and allowing Mississippi OT's to expand their businesses. | ||||
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HB 273 Bad Policy |
Health Care Impact Grant Program; establish to provide grants to hospitals and nursing facilities. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is using more taxpayer dollars to fund medical facilities and growing the reliance of our healthcare system on the state. | ||||
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HB 275 Good Policy |
Physical therapists; authorize to perform services without referral from another health care provider. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary regulations on physical therapists and their clients and allows Mississippians to receive the care they need. | ||||
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HB 294 Good Policy |
Face masks; prohibit public schools and universities and colleges from requiring students to wear. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill protects students' personal liberties by prohibiting public institutions of learning from requiring them to wear face masks. | ||||
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HB 296 Not Rated |
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing 'mentally retarded' with 'intellectual disability'. | Dead | ||
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HB 304 Not Rated |
Mattresses; require seller to give notice when previously owned. | Dead | ||
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HB 305 Good Policy |
Mississippi Access to Care Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 314 Not Rated |
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to license and regulate those two occupations. | Dead | ||
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HB 398 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on. | Dead | ||
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HB 416 Bad Policy |
Rural Nurses Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program; establish. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill uses taxpayer money to provide grants for nurses to work in rural hospitals. It is an overreach of government and a misuse of taxpayer money. | ||||
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HB 420 Not Rated |
Physical therapists; require referral for services to remain valid for one year. | Dead | ||
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HB 421 Good Policy |
Physical therapists; delete requirement for physicians referral before performing services. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes an unnecessary government regulation and opens up the market for consumers. | ||||
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HB 457 Bad Policy |
Ms Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill is an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars by using government money to prop up failing businesses. | ||||
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HB 463 Not Rated |
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers. | Dead | ||
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HB 466 Not Rated |
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). | Dead | ||
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HB 478 Good Policy |
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The occupational therapy compact allows for those with occupational therapy licenses in other states to offer services in Mississippi, as well as those within Mississippi to offer services in other states. This helps Mississippians access more services on the market and also helps Mississippians grow their businesses. | ||||
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HB 502 Not Rated |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit for. | Dead | ||
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HB 506 Not Rated |
County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide contraceptive supplies. | Dead | ||
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HB 513 Not Rated |
Board of Barber Examiners and Board of Cosmetology; transfer functions of to Department of Health. | Dead | ||
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HB 518 Bad Policy |
Local Provider Innovation Grant Program; revise certain provisions of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill grows the size of government and our health system's reliance on government by using more taxpayer dollars to fund medical facilities. | ||||
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HB 522 Neutral |
Mississippi Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer on. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill extends a repealer on the wastewater disposal system law. The law allows for individuals to install personal wastewater systems on their property and puts forward regulations to ensure they are not contaminating the water supply. | ||||
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HB 525 Not Rated |
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk. | Dead | ||
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HB 527 Not Rated |
Licensed professional counselors; revise qualifications for licensure for applicants who meet certain requirements. | Dead | ||
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HB 557 Bad Policy |
MS Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; increase number of students who may be admitted into annually. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on paying for the school of dentists. | ||||
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HB 574 Not Rated |
Drug and alcohol treatment; require 30-day minimum in-patient treatment. | Dead | ||
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HB 576 Good Policy |
Gender reassignment surgery or services; prohibit performing or paying for. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill prohibits gender reassignment surgery or services from being performed on minors. This helps protect vulnerable children. | ||||
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HB 584 Bad Policy |
Qualified Health Center Grant Program; clarify that amount specified for grants under is minimum amount to be issued. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases the amount the state can spend of taxpayer dollars for grants on health centers. | ||||
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HB 612 Not Rated |
TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings. | Dead | ||
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HB 613 Not Rated |
TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level. | Dead | ||
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HB 619 Not Rated |
State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | Dead | ||
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HB 643 Not Rated |
Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow persons convicted of certain crimes to practice after license reinstatement. | Dead | ||
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HB 647 Good Policy |
Mississippi Adult Health and Privacy Act; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill protects the rights of Mississippians by allowing them to make the decision for themselves to receive a vaccination. | ||||
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HB 653 Neutral |
Autopsies; create 'Jenna's Law' to require autopsies to include inquiry about whether death was a result of seizure or epilepsy. | Dead | ||
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HB 699 Not Rated |
MS State Asylum Records; provide procedures for access and exempt from confidentiality and privilege requirements. | Dead | ||
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HB 724 Not Rated |
DPS; require to establish training component relating to autism spectrum disorder. | Dead | ||
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HB 727 Not Rated |
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise licensing provisions relating to. | Dead | ||
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HB 734 Not Rated |
DHS; extend date of repealers on and update certain language. | Dead | ||
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HB 774 Not Rated |
TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers. | Dead | ||
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HB 783 Not Rated |
Health Care Facility Right to Visit Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 785 Not Rated |
Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC. | Dead | ||
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HB 793 Neutral |
EMS Memorial; Health Dept. shall design and construct to honor EMS personnel who died in line of duty. | Dead | ||
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HB 794 Not Rated |
Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. | Dead | ||
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HB 796 Not Rated |
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise licensing provisions relating to. | Dead | ||
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HB 800 Not Rated |
Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates. | Dead | ||
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HB 819 Not Rated |
Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 854 Neutral |
Marriage and family therapists; revise certain requirements for licensure. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: this bill allows for more people to be licensed as family and marriage therapist by reducing clinical hours and increasing the accredited colleges that a person can receive a degree from. | ||||
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HB 865 Not Rated |
Mental health screenings and assessments; require in all public schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 868 Good Policy |
Mobile barbershops; authorize licensed barbers to operate. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows licensed barbers to operate a mobile shop. This helps them be able to reach more customers, provide Mississippians more choice, and reduces regulation. | ||||
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HB 925 Not Rated |
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it. | Dead | ||
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HB 937 Not Rated |
Abortion; repeal statutes prohibiting after 15 weeks' gestation and after detection of fetal heartbeat. | Dead | ||
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HB 938 Not Rated |
Abortion; repeal prohibition of. | Dead | ||
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HB 939 Not Rated |
Breastfeeding; authorize distribution of statewide info to support breastfeeding in public places. | Dead | ||
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HB 940 Not Rated |
Hospice care; authorize to be provided to persons who are not terminally ill under certain circumstances. | Dead | ||
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HB 942 Not Rated |
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission. | Dead | ||
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HB 970 Not Rated |
TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits. | Dead | ||
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HB 971 Not Rated |
TANF benefits; remove certain restrictions and penalties for applicants and recipients. | Dead | ||
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HB 983 Not Rated |
Pregnancy Resources Grant Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 987 Not Rated |
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of. | Dead | ||
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HB 989 Bad Policy |
Child Protection Services; remove from DHS and make it a separate agency. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: Creates a new government agency. In addition there is a 5 year repealer. How much will it cost to set up this new agency and if it repeals in 5 years how much would that cost? | ||||
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HB 1011 Not Rated |
Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements. | Dead | ||
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HB 1019 Not Rated |
Mississippi Coach Safely Act; create to require certain youth coaches to take injury mitigation and information course. | Dead | ||
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HB 1028 Not Rated |
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on regulation of and revise definition of nuclear medicine tech. | Dead | ||
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HB 1051 Not Rated |
COVID-19; require notice to family when death may have been caused by vaccine and authorize autopsy. | Dead | ||
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HB 1054 Not Rated |
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1081 Not Rated |
Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1085 Not Rated |
County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide free contraceptive supplies. | Dead | ||
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HB 1092 Not Rated |
State Health Officers; bring forward section providing for appointment of and qualifications for the office. | Dead | ||
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HB 1093 Not Rated |
State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | Dead | ||
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HB 1096 Not Rated |
Pharmacy Benefits Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1124 Not Rated |
Gender reassignment surgery or services; prohibit performing or paying for. | Dead | ||
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HB 1125 Good Policy |
Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill helps protect vulnerable children by prohibiting gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy until they are 18. | ||||
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HB 1126 Not Rated |
Transgender procedures; restrict for persons under age 21. | Dead | ||
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HB 1127 Not Rated |
MS Safe Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE); create to prohibit providing gender transition procedures to minors. | Dead | ||
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HB 1146 Not Rated |
The Mississippi Fatherhood Initiative Fund; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1171 Not Rated |
Regional mental health commissions; increase number of commissioners appointed by board of supervisors of certain counties. | Dead | ||
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HB 1203 Not Rated |
Organ procurement organizations; include review and quality assurance committees formed by in current laws governing such committees. | Dead | ||
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HB 1206 Not Rated |
Drug abuse; Health Department implement a statewide fentanyl and drug abuse education, prevention and cessation program. | Dead | ||
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HB 1212 Not Rated |
Department of Human Services; create a board of directors to assist and oversee the executive director in governing the department. | Dead | ||
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HB 1219 Bad Policy |
Medical Practice Act; revise and update provisions of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill transfers more power to the medical licensure board, increases their ability to levy and create new fines, and eliminates midwifery. | ||||
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HB 1255 Not Rated |
Community hospitals; authorize owners of to remove a trustee upon majority vote of owner's governing board. | Dead | ||
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HB 1258 Not Rated |
Gender Transition Procedures; prohibit for persons under age twenty-one. | Dead | ||
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HB 1259 Not Rated |
Rural hospitals; shall be authorized to transfer patients to larger hospitals when determined to be medically necessary. | Dead | ||
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HB 1260 Not Rated |
Specialty health care providers; create incentive grant program to make available at rural hospitals when larger hospitals are on diversion. | Dead | ||
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HB 1261 Not Rated |
State Medical Forgivable Loan Program for Minority Physicians; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1262 Not Rated |
Telemedicine services; create grant program for rural hospitals to develop or enhance use of in emergency rooms. | Dead | ||
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HB 1263 Not Rated |
Menstrual hygiene products; county health department and public schools shall provide free of charge. | Dead | ||
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HB 1270 Not Rated |
Helping Heroes Act; create to provide support to first responders and public EMS personnel diagnosed with PTSD. | Dead | ||
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HB 1278 Not Rated |
Community hospitals; authorize owners of to remove a trustee upon majority vote of owner's governing board. | Dead | ||
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HB 1282 Not Rated |
Hospital police department; authorize for certain privately owned hospitals. | Dead | ||
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HB 1296 Not Rated |
Community hospitals and UMMC; expand powers and authority and provide for immunity from antitrust laws. | Dead | ||
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HB 1297 Not Rated |
Department of Mental Health; establish grant program to assist with crisis stabilization unit expenses. | Dead | ||
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HB 1300 Not Rated |
Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. | Dead | ||
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HB 1327 Not Rated |
Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | Dead | ||
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HB 1339 Not Rated |
Anesthesiologist assistants; provide for licensure and regulations by Board of Medical Licensure. | Dead | ||
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HB 1366 Not Rated |
Licensing boards; prohibit from disciplinary or threatening discipline of health care providers for exercising free speech rights. | Dead | ||
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HB 1370 Not Rated |
COVID-19 vaccines; require Attorney General to investigate pharmaceutical companies' promotion and distribution. | Dead | ||
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HB 1385 Not Rated |
Abortion; provide for statewide referendeem on question of prohibiting abortions in Mississippi. | Dead | ||
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HB 1392 Good Policy |
MS Vulnerable Persons Abuse Registry; require Department of Human Services to establish. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill creates a Vulnerable Persons Abuse Registry, which may appear to be a good thing, but persons may be entered into the registry even if they were NOT convicted of a crime at all and could remain on the list indefinitely. The Registry would be open to the public for viewing. This violates due process and the right of individuals to clear their name by standing trial. -- This bill was amended to remove the offensive language described above. Only those actually convicted of a crime can be placed on the registry. | ||||
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HB 1406 Not Rated |
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature. | Dead | ||
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HB 1407 Not Rated |
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | Dead | ||
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HB 1430 Not Rated |
DHS; direct to reinstate program of providing meals to older individuals in community setting. | Dead | ||
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HB 1431 Not Rated |
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training. | Dead | ||
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HB 1435 Not Rated |
Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exceptions. | Dead | ||
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HB 1436 Not Rated |
Healthcare Coordinating Council; reconstitute and require to make report on specific health goals for the state. | Dead | ||
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HB 1449 Not Rated |
Mental health; require DMH to convert unused IDD beds to be used for alcohol and drug use services. | Dead | ||
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HB 1456 Not Rated |
SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education. | Dead | ||
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HB 1468 Not Rated |
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients. | Dead | ||
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HB 1471 Not Rated |
DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants. | Dead | ||
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HB 1483 Not Rated |
Funeral services; require payment for before body may be transferred from one funeral home to another. | Dead | ||
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HB 1491 Not Rated |
CON; authorize for nursing home in Jones County. | Dead | ||
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SB 2068 Neutral |
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; enact. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: While it would be better to completely deregulate the market and allow psychologists to do their job with no government interference, this bill at least attempts to open the market between member states in the compact to allow telepsychology across state lines. The bill does have an unelected board that can make the rules of the compact, but it also gives state legislatures the ability to veto the rules. | ||||
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SB 2160 Not Rated |
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; merge into one board. | Dead | ||
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SB 2323 Bad Policy |
Community hospitals; allow consolidation and collaboration involving other hospitals. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This is an anti-free market bill that will initiate the process for a complete government takeover of our hospital system in the state and attempt to push out any competition for medical services by private hospitals. Line 342 - outweigh any adverse impact on competition. | ||||
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SB 2369 Bad Policy |
Department of Human Services; extend repealers and revise certain applicable sections. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill extends the repealers on the office of human services, which is not a core function of government. | ||||
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SB 2373 Bad Policy |
Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program; establish. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is using taxpayer dollars to payoff the loans of certain nurses. | ||||
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SB 2574 Not Rated |
Health and safety standards set by the State Board of Health; require counties to comply. | Dead | ||
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SB 2575 Bad Policy |
State Department of Health; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is mandating that private insurance companies provide benefits for medical treatment by the department of health. This is an overreach of government. | ||||
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SB 2576 Neutral |
Community Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Centers and Programs; bring forward code sections. | Dead | ||
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SB 2622 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is an overreach of government by inserting itself into contracts between individuals and private insurers. | ||||
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SB 2678 Not Rated |
Department of Child Protection Services; separate agency from the Department of Human Services. | Dead | ||
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SB 2750 Neutral |
Automated External Defibrillators in Public Places Grant Program; establish. | Alive | ||
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SB 2781 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance Program; create and provide for duties and responsibilities. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill will require appropriation of taxpayer dollars for something that is not a core function of government. It would be better for local charities and religious institutions to oversee these types of programs. | ||||
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SB 2797 Neutral |
Mississippi State Asylum Records; provide procedures and exempt from confidentiality and privilege requirements. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows for the next closest kin to access medical records for patients cared for at the Mississippi State Asylum from 1855 to 1935 that have been deceased more than 50 years. | ||||
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SB 2817 Neutral |
Mississippi Burn Center; revise provisions related thereto. | Dead | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |