Committees · 2013 Regular Session
Public Health and Human Services
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2013 Regular Session.
Bills sent129
6% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out25%
32 of 129; 97 stopped in committee
Time in committee7 days
most between 3 and 10 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
2026226 bills
reported 24% · typically 12 days, most 6–15 · 0 amendments · 30 members
2025208 bills
reported 41% · typically 8 days, most 5–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2024192 bills
reported 27% · typically 15 days, most 8–31 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2023147 bills
reported 16% · typically 7 days, most 6–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2022150 bills
reported 13% · typically 10 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2021139 bills
reported 13% · typically 8 days, most 2–12 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2020136 bills
reported 15% · typically 14 days, most 6–27 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2019120 bills
reported 19% · typically 10 days, most 8–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2018105 bills
reported 19% · typically 8 days, most 3–12 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2017124 bills
reported 25% · typically 8 days, most 2–13 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2016123 bills
reported 24% · typically 8 days, most 3–8 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2015131 bills
reported 28% · typically 4 days, most 2–8 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2014153 bills
reported 25% · typically 8 days, most 1–11 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2013129 bills
reported 25% · typically 7 days, most 3–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2012139 bills
reported 26% · typically 9 days, most 3–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2011152 bills
reported 41% · typically 10 days, most 8–17 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2010183 bills
reported 42% · typically 10 days, most 8–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2009175 bills
reported 44% · typically 13 days, most 8–17 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2008184 bills
reported 43% · typically 13 days, most 6–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2013 Regular Session, newest first.
129 bills
Senate Bill 2342 · ICFMR operated by Department of Mental Health; authorize transfer of beds to more appropriate setting for clients.
Sent March 5, 2013 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2302 · Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Sent February 28, 2013 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2338 · Child support guidelines; presumed to be reasonable for adjusted gross income within a certain range.
Sent February 28, 2013 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2795 · Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.
Sent February 26, 2013 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2019 · Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 12 days
Senate Bill 2023 · Adult care facilities; define adult day care facilities for licensure purposes.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 12 days
Senate Bill 2026 · Mississippi Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 12 days
Senate Bill 2082 · Limited institutional medical license; authorize additional extension upon certain conditions.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2202 · State Department of Health regulations for advanced life-support personnel; define EMT-paramedic critical care.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2303 · Regional mental health/intellectual disability commissions; define services which may be provided.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 12 days
Senate Bill 2342 · ICFMR operated by Department of Mental Health; authorize transfer of beds to more appropriate setting for clients.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2670 · Mental Health Reform Act of 2011; reenact and extend repealers.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2687 · Consumer incentive items/food nutrition labeling; prohibit local government regulation of.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2780 · Lien in favor of providers of burn care; create.
Sent February 21, 2013 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2083 · Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes.
Sent February 20, 2013 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2302 · Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Sent February 20, 2013 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2338 · Child support guidelines; presumed to be reasonable for adjusted gross income within a certain range.
Sent February 20, 2013 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2737 · Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer.
Sent February 20, 2013 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2743 · "Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Sent February 20, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 13 days
House Bill 1182 · Nutrition labeling of food; reserve regulation of to the Legislature.
Sent January 30, 2013 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
109 more
House Bill 246 · Uniform laws; enact Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act.
Sent January 29, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 7 days
House Bill 301 · Prescription drug benefits; require use of a uniform prior authorization form by health insurers providing.
Sent January 29, 2013 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 301 · Prescription drug benefits; require use of a uniform prior authorization form by health insurers providing.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 416 · Nursing facilities; licensing agency shall require to carry a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 505 · Emergency medical personnel; revise requirements for training and certification programs for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 513 · Nutritional chart; require to be displayed prominently in school cafeteria.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 539 · Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 540 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients & others.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 541 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 550 · Personal care homes; increase limitation on number of certain persons allowed to continue residing in.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 555 · CON; issue for psychiatric facility beds in Washington County.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 570 · Energy drinks; prohibit sale to persons under 16.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 583 · Public assistance benefits; require applicants and recipients to participate in community service programs to qualify.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 588 · Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; revise requirements for certifications of health care industry zones under.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 37 days
House Bill 596 · State Board of Dental Examiners; authorize to regulate individuals or businesses that sell metallic coverings for human teeth.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 599 · Oxycotin pills; limit prescription of to 75 per prescription unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 604 · Nursing homes; create certain standards of operation regarding employment of certain employees and facility reports.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 618 · State Board of Medical Licensure; add nurse practitioner member of Mississippi Board of Nursing to.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 640 · Public assistance benefits; combined incomes of all persons in same household used to determine eligibility for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 644 · Public hospitals; prohibit asking person about ability to pay before providing needed treatment or services.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 677 · Stillborn children; require death certificate for, and require notice to parents that they may obtain birth certificate for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 715 · Cottage food operations; exempt certain from health department regulations.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 719 · MS Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer on and revise various provisions of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 767 · Adoption of Human Embryos Act and Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act; create.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 775 · Pharmacy and pharmacy benefit mangers; extend repealers on regulation and licensing requirements for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 776 · Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; establish.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 777 · Pharmacy benefit manager licensure statutes; extend repealers and conform certain definitions.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 798 · Healthy Food Retail Act; create to encourage consumption of affordable healthy foods in underserved communities.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 833 · Community health workers; prohibit activities within scope of practice of other professions without being licensed.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 859 · Dept. of Health regulations for advanced life support personnel; define EMT-paramedic critical care.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 865 · Newborns; require hospitals to perform pulse oximetry screening on after birth.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 874 · Mississippi Autism Advisory Committee; repeal.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 897 · Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 911 · Rural hospitals; consolidations and mergers of not subject to antitrust laws.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 938 · Nurse practice law; revise various provisions of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 953 · Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance with parental affidavit as being contrary to their beliefs.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 988 · Hospitals; require to notify patients before referring patient's account to collection agency.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 989 · Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer on.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1018 · Community mental health centers; bring forward section prescribing powers and duties of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1024 · Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1025 · Mental health; require certain percentage of general funds appropriated to DMH to be used to fund community centers.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1051 · Opioid Tamper-Resistance Formulation; prohibit pharmacists from substituting opiod drugs for those incorporating.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1065 · MS Professional Massage Therapy Act; revise various provisions and extend repealer on.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1119 · Smoking in public and places of employment; create statewide referendum on prohibition of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1121 · State Medical Examiner; require to be a resident of Mississippi.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1143 · Surgical procedures; require recording of with video device and maintained for four years.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1162 · Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer on.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1163 · Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1164 · Cosmetology licensure law; extend repealer on and revise various provisions of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1169 · Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; extend repealer on authority to participate in.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1187 · EpiPens; require all public schools to keep onsite.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1206 · Crisis intervention centers; require to establish one in Hinds County, and direct Legislature to fully fund all centers.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1208 · Cosmetology Board; require to issue photo ID to licensees to display at place of employment.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1220 · Mental Health; reconstitute membership of board and revise qualifications of executive director.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1268 · Optimal Teen Health Act; create.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1284 · Youth sports concussions and head injuries; require athletic activity organizations to adopt policy relating to.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1287 · Crisis Intervention Teams; revise various provisions of laws providing for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1288 · Tobacco use and smoking; clarify authority of public and private employers to ask applicants for employment about.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1289 · Cosmetology licensure law; revise various provisions of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1292 · Abortion; require sonogram on women and verbal explanation of sonogram results before performing of.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1298 · "Mississippi Cottage Food Law of 2013"; enact to exempt certain cottage food producers from certain regulations.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1306 · Pharmacy providers; bring forward section giving nursing home patients the right to choose.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1320 · Family protection specialists and workers; require training in legal duties to protect rights of persons being investigated.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1331 · State institutions; patients admitted for less than three months not required to pay social security disability benefits to the institution.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1349 · Bill of Rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1382 · Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1387 · Prescription biosimilar product; authorize substitution by pharmacists.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1391 · Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1425 · Funeral service/directing; out-of-state licensees may practice in MS to same extent as MS licensees in their states.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1460 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1469 · Social workers; issue license to certain persons who work for certain public entities.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1470 · Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1475 · Sickle cell disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1479 · Statewide System of Care; reduce reliance on institutions and expend home- and community-based services.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1487 · Medical examiners; increase maximum monthly salary for chief examiners and fee for death investigation reports.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1527 · Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1547 · Handicapped parking; delete requirement for physician's certification annually upon renewing special tag.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1552 · CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1557 · Smoke-free Air Act of 2013; enact.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1562 · Task force to study the impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi; create.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1563 · Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1565 · Radiological health entities; State Board of Health shall set applicable fees for.
Sent January 21, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 188 · "Family Child Care Identity Protection Law"; create.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 212 · Health Disparities Council; create.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 213 · Mississippi Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 217 · CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 250 · CON; issue to hospital in Harrison County for adult psych beds for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 252 · Mental health; executive director of the department shall be appointed by the Governor.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 307 · Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 313 · Public assistance; require fathers of children receiving to participate in DHS Responsible Fatherhood Initiative program.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 326 · Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment programs/services.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 343 · Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 344 · Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 352 · Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 353 · Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 356 · Midwives; provide for licensure of practice of midwifery.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 358 · Uniform laws; enact Uniform Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
Sent January 14, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 30 · Cosmetology board; require to expedite processing and issuance of licenses by reciprocity to spouses of military personnel.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 44 · Prescriptions; require certain information to be included on form.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 56 · Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 58 · Vaccination program for first responders; authorize certain volunteer fire department personnel to participate in.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 61 · Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private school approved by the SBE.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 62 · Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 63 · Mental Health; extend repealers on Strategic Planning & Best Practices Committee and mental health operational standards.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 69 · Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 94 · CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 125 · Child Death Review Panel; revise membership of and delete repealer on.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 134 · Physician assistants; extend repealers on authority for issuance of temporary license to certain.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 150 · Concealed weapon license; courts/mental health treatment facilities notify Dept. of Public Safety of incompetency/commitment orders.
Sent January 11, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 25 days