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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1074

MS Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN ACT; TO CREATE THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, WITHIN THE DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM SHALL BE HEADED BY THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES SHALL HAVE A DESIGNATED LEGAL COUNSEL TO ADVISE, ASSIST AND AID THE STATE OMBUDSMAN; TO PRESCRIBE PURPOSE OF THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM; TO SPECIFY THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN; TO REQUIRE THE STATE OMBUDSMAN TO DESIGNATE DISTRICTS TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AND PRESCRIBE THEIR DUTIES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT STATE AND LOCAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTIGATIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AND ONSITE FACILITY VISITS; TO PROVIDE FOR COMPLAINT NOTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION AND RECORDS OF THE OMBUDSMAN ARE CONFIDENTIAL; TO PROVIDE UPON ADMISSION TO A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, EACH RESIDENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A RESIDENT MUST RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FOR ANY PERSON MAKING A COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO THIS ACT IN GOOD FAITH; TO PROHIBIT RETALIATION AGAINST A PERSON FOR FILING A COMPLAINT WITH, PROVIDING INFORMATION TO, OR OTHERWISE COOPERATING WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE OMBUDSMAN TO ENSURE THAT APPROPRIATE TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-47-7 AND 43-47-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 43-7-51 THROUGH 43-7-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES OMBUDSMAN ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 16 to February 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives