Committees · 2015 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 2015 Regular Session.
Bills sent131
6% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out28%
37 of 131; 1 moved on without a report, 93 stopped in committee
Time in committee4 days
most between 2 and 8 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 2015 Regular Session, newest first.
131 bills
Senate Bill 2367 · "Emergency Response and Overdose Prevention Act"; authorize health care providers to treat opioid overdose.
Sent March 3, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2585 · Compulsory commitment of active tuberculosis cases who refuse treatment; revise procedures.
Sent March 3, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2407 · Community hospitals; revise provisions concerning transparency.
Sent February 27, 2015 · Reported out after 4 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2105 · Children in custody of DHS; require notification of parents of child's siblings in conformity with federal law.
Sent February 26, 2015 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2123 · Medical Radiation Technologist Registration Law; extend repealers.
Sent February 26, 2015 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2124 · Hospice licensure; extend moratorium and repealer on new applications.
Sent February 26, 2015 · Moved on without a report after 1 day · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2199 · Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend automatic repealers on.
Sent February 26, 2015 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2687 · Mississippi Direct Primary Care Act; create.
Sent February 26, 2015 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2040 · Admission requirements for examination for cosmetology license; clarify.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2043 · Maternal Mortality Review Committee; establish under State Board of Health.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 7 days
Senate Bill 2107 · Individuals with disabilities; require statutes and regulations to use "person first" references.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2108 · Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act; record family caregivers upon admission to hospital.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2367 · "Emergency Response and Overdose Prevention Act"; authorize health care providers to treat opioid overdose.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2477 · Hospital destroyed by natural disaster; exempt repair or rebuilding from CON requirements.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 7 days
Senate Bill 2481 · Mental Health Task Force; establish.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 7 days
Senate Bill 2484 · Medical examiner; require appointment in southern region.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 7 days
Senate Bill 2485 · Investigational drugs; authorize physicians to prescribe to certain eligible terminally ill patients.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2585 · Compulsory commitment of active tuberculosis cases who refuse treatment; revise procedures.
Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1343 · Parent Representation Pilot Projects; require Dept. of Human Services and AOC to coordinate certain efforts of.
Sent February 2, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 1 day
House Bill 114 · Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition and Improvement Grant Program; establish.
Sent January 29, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
111 more
House Bill 441 · CON; exempt construction of clinical research unit at UMMC & repair of health care facilities damaged in natural disasters.
Sent January 29, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 809 · MS First Response Assistance, Safety and Training(FAST)Programs; establish.
Sent January 29, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 692 · Emergency Response and Overdose Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 28, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 844 · Department of Health; provide that department shall license ex-offender group care homes.
Sent January 28, 2015 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 905 · Municipal Water, Sewer and Wastewater Systems Repair and Replacement Grant Program; create.
Sent January 28, 2015 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 205 · MS Responder Mgmt System; registrants receive workers' compensation for death or injury responding to emergency.
Sent January 27, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1391 · Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes.
Sent January 27, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1393 · Nursing home administrators; extend repealer on licensure requirements for.
Sent January 27, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1414 · Bolivar County Regional Facility; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program.
Sent January 27, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 397 · Venison Harvesting Program for Inmate Consumption; create.
Sent January 21, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 13 days
House Bill 215 · Physicians; authorize special volunteer medical license for those serving as active duty military or in National Guard or Reserves.
Sent January 20, 2015 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 408 · Disabilities, person with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 416 · Radiological health entities; authorize State Board of Health to set applicable fees for.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 418 · Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 419 · Barbering and cosmetology; applicants for licensure must take exam in person and show official picture ID.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 421 · Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 422 · Opioid analgesic drugs with tamper-resistant technology; prohibit substitution without verifying equivalence of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 432 · Contact lens suppliers; prohibit actions that limit free and open competition among retailers.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 441 · CON; exempt construction of clinical research unit at UMMC & repair of health care facilities damaged in natural disasters.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 583 · Health care facility; exempt from CON law for repair or rebuilding when significantly damaged in natural disaster.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 618 · Synthetic Plastic Microbeads; prohibit manufacture and sale of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 673 · Tanning facility regulations; prohibit use of by anyone under 18 years of age.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 676 · Community hospitals; revise Open Meetings and Public Records Acts provisions regarding and revise qualifications to be trustees of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 677 · Cemeteries and preneed contracts; require those covered or funded by a trust to have surety bond to protect owners or insureds.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 691 · Disinterment of buried human bodies; define persons having right of consent to.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 692 · Emergency Response and Overdose Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 693 · Commitment proceedings; expand types of professionals authorized to conduct screenings and evaluations in.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 722 · Investigational drugs; authorize physicians to prescribe to certain eligible terminally ill patients.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 725 · Naturopathic medicine; provide for the licensing of practitioners.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 729 · Insurance Equality Act of 2015; create.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 751 · Community hospitals; remove requirement that budget be approved by city/county that is the hospital owner.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 752 · MS Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 753 · Funeral home and chapel; prohibit Board of Funeral Service from regulating size of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 756 · Breast feeding; authorize Health Dept. to impose fines on persons who control premises where mother's right to is violated.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 757 · Breastfeeding Mothers' Bill of Rights; require maternal health care facilities to display on their premises.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 765 · Cosmetology Board; authorize removal of members by Governor and by majority of board under certain circumstances.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 767 · Hair braiders; require to be licensed by Cosmetology Board to practice hair braiding for compensation.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 768 · Alzheimer's disease; include in Silver Alert System requirements.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 770 · Smoke-free Air Act of 2015; enact.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 771 · Ambulance service; establish grant program for certain rural counties to assist in contracting for.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 772 · Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 773 · CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 780 · Personal care homes; require to have local privilege license and make annual report on number and names of residents.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 783 · Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for subsequent burial plot from which remains are disinterred.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 785 · Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 791 · Breast cancer patients; require physicians to provide certain information to.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 792 · Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 798 · Health care facility; exempt from CON law for repair or rebuilding when significantly damaged in natural disaster.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 809 · MS First Response Assistance, Safety and Training(FAST)Programs; establish.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 821 · Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 840 · Hospital; require to allow patients to designate caregivers upon entry to.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 847 · Podiatric medicine; revise definition of practice of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 862 · Maternal Mortality Review Committee; authorize State Dept of Health to establish.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 863 · Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services under general supervision of licensed dentists.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 868 · Mental Health Task Force; create.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 869 · Board of Medical Licensure; revise authority under several statutes.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 874 · Regional mental health commission; authorize certain to operate pilot program to provide health services to Head Start children.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 877 · CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and issuance of a new CON in Lamar County.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 883 · CON; issue for construction of nursing facility in Jones County.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 893 · Nursing; advanced practice RNs are not required to have collaborative/consultative relationship with physician or dentist.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 898 · Acupuncture Practice Act; delete physician referral requirement and require recertification every four years.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 900 · Retail food establishment sanitation regulations; revise term "potentially hazardous food" to term used in FDA Food Code.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 901 · Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programs (SNAP); impose certain restrictions on DHS in administering.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 902 · DHS; seek federal waivers to limit SNAP benefit purchases of low nutrition food and beverages.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 903 · Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 904 · CON; exempt relocation of certain nursing facilities within same long-term planning district from.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 908 · Lodging; define for purposes of regulation by State Board of Health and for sales tax.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 916 · Newborn screening program; expand conditions included in.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 962 · Children's Justice Center; change the name to Children's Safe Center.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 965 · Coroners/county medical examiners; establish reused salary scale for based on county population.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 993 · Driver's licenses; authorize designation of certain disabilities on.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 994 · Driver's licenses; authorize designation of certain disabilities on.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1005 · Handicapped parking; delete requirement for physician's certification annually upon renewing special tag.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1042 · Investigational drugs; authorize physicians to prescribe to certain eligible patients.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1063 · Foster care; require DHS when reviewing children in foster care to make contact with custodial parents of all the child's siblings.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1065 · Department of Human Services; clarify amount paid to child support unit attorneys.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1131 · Health Care Certificate of Need Law of 1979; repeal.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1162 · Hospital records; delete provision requiring notice before retiring X-ray film or graphic data.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1202 · Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Care Practitioners Act; enact.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1257 · Caffeine pills and powder; prohibit use and sale to juveniles.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1386 · Medical radiation technologists; delete repealers on registration statutes.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1387 · Division of Community Services; revise duties to require development of a standardize risk assessment tool and to delete repealer on.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1390 · Department of Human Services; extend repealers on establishment of.
Sent January 19, 2015 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 387 · Licensed professional counselors; revise license renewal fee to conform to amount being charged by the board.
Sent January 15, 2015 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 391 · Physician; require health care facilities & managed care organizations to provide fair process before adverse actions affecting.
Sent January 15, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 175 · Children's products; ban phthalates and other ingredients from.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 199 · Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 204 · Health care providers; prohibit conditioning of licensure upon participation in certain health plans.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 205 · MS Responder Mgmt System; registrants receive workers' compensation for death or injury responding to emergency.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 213 · CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 289 · TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 292 · Nutritional chart; require to be displayed prominently in school cafeteria.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 310 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 315 · Health Disparities Council; create.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 318 · Mississippi Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 319 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients & others.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 327 · Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 328 · Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 44 days
House Bill 329 · Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 373 · Public assistance; require fathers of children receiving to participate in DHS Responsible Fatherhood Initiative program.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 374 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 379 · CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 381 · School nutrition; require school districts to serve low-fat meals and snacks to students diagnosed as overweight.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 383 · Public benefits; require drug testing for all recipients of state or local funded benefits.
Sent January 12, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 28 · Commitment proceeding; director of treatment facility shall not unduly withhold admittance to.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 32 · Pharmacists; may substitute interchangeable biological products for a prescribed product under certain conditions.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 66 · Vaccination program for first responders; authorize certain volunteer fire department personnel to participate in.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 74 · Task force to study the impact of immigrants on poverty in Mississippi; create.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 99 · Appropriation; Mental Health for Hinds County to fund care for incarcerated persons with behavioral health issues.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 50 days
House Bill 114 · Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition and Improvement Grant Program; establish.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 134 · Candy; prohibit sale of that mimics tobacco.
Sent January 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 28 days