Committees · 2017 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 2017 Regular Session.
Bills sent124
6% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out25%
31 of 124; 93 stopped in committee
Time in committee8 days
most between 2 and 13 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 2017 Regular Session, newest first.
124 bills
Senate Bill 2006 · Mammogram; require provider of to give certain information to patients when it shows dense breast tissue.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2214 · Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer and make technical amendments.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2289 · State Department of Health; extend repealers.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2372 · Hospice licensure; moratorium does not apply to reinstatements following federal audit and authorize additional applicants.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2610 · Cannabidiol; clarify use in research of seizures and other medical conditions.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2633 · Autopsies; Medical Examiner may enter into contracts with medical schools to perform.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2828 · EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; enact.
Sent February 21, 2017 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 318 · Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Sent January 26, 2017 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 926 · Health Care Collaboration Act; create.
Sent January 26, 2017 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 162 · Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide flexible spending accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Sent January 25, 2017 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 996 · Opioid antagonists; authorize standing orders to pharmacies to dispense to persons without individual prescriptions.
Sent January 25, 2017 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 476 · Child abuse; require CPS to notify applicable military installation family advocacy program in certain cases.
Sent January 17, 2017 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 910 · Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program; require to be established and funded through TANF funds.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 915 · CON; direct Department of Health to issue for new end-stage renal disease facility in City of Senatobia.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 926 · Health Care Collaboration Act; create.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 943 · Mental health courts; establish statewide standards.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1068 · Newborns; prohibit administration of Hepatitis B vaccination to at birth unless parents request.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1091 · Licensed professional counselors; bring forward sections for amendment.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1094 · Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1095 · Funeral services; require payment for before body may be transferred from one funeral home to another.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
104 more
House Bill 1096 · Funeral home and chapel; prohibit Board of Funeral Service from regulating size of.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1097 · Tanning facility; prohibit use of tanning devices by persons under age 18 at.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1099 · Death certificates; prescribe procedures to be followed by persons who have responsibilities regarding.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1128 · Nonprofit water associations; require to file annual financial report with Department of Health instead of State Auditor.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1129 · Medical Practice Act; bring forward sections on license suspension for purposes of amendment.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1133 · Board of Barber Examiners; revise certain provisions of.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1136 · State Palliative Care & Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council; establish in State Department of Health.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1145 · Open Meetings Law; revise provisions related to holding executive sessions to include certain discussions by boards of trustees of public hospitals.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1182 · Kinship Care Subsidy Program; establish to assist kinship caregivers of minor relatives.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1188 · TANF and SNAP benefit applicants; require referral of those eligible for work program to the Department of Employment Security.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1190 · Hospices; provide exception to moratorium on issuing new licenses for certain current licensees.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1191 · Child Care Payment Program; require minimum annual spending levels on from TANF Block Grant.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1192 · Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for later burial in plot from which remains were disinterred.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1193 · SNAP benefits; direct DHS to revise formula used to calculate to increase benefit amount for elderly persons.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1194 · Medical professionals; authorize to contract with Health Department to provide free services to indigent and needy persons.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1196 · DHS; seek waivers to implement system to limit SNAP food purchases to percent of food groups in federal nutrition guide.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1197 · Abortion; provide that inducing or performing is unlawful.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1198 · Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1199 · Personal care homes; increase number of residents who may continue to reside there instead of in nursing home.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1202 · Termination of parental rights; authorize parents to request a transfer to chancery court.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1203 · Mental health courts; establish statewide standards.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1204 · Smoke-free Air Act of 2017; create.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1205 · CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1206 · CON law; remove health care services and equipment from requirement for a CON.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1208 · Child support payments; require DHS recipients of to provide list of expenditures.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1216 · Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; direct agencies to prepare report on impact of.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 10 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1217 · Disposition of dead body; coroner may sign consent authorizing if no consent received from specified persons.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1218 · Death certificates; free copies for deceased veterans furnished with copy of veteran's DD-214 form.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1220 · Pharmacists; authorize to provide patient care services and authorize insurance reimbursement for.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1441 · CBD oil; revise provisions authorizing.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 485 · Mammogram; require provider of to give certain information to patients when it shows dense breast tissue.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 486 · Breast cancer patients; require physicians to provide certain information to.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 487 · Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 488 · Nursing Licensure Compact; create.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 489 · Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 492 · Long-Term Care Facilities Ombudsman Act; revise provisions of to conform to new federal regulations.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 493 · Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; create.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 494 · Maternal Mortality Review Committee; authorize State Department of Health to establish.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 495 · Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer on and delete physician referral requirement.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 542 · Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 590 · "Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2017"; create and authorize JSU to administer.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 593 · Reports of suspected abuse; require persons who make to DHS to give their name and contact information.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 594 · Reports of suspected abuse; require persons who make to DHS to give their name and contact information.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 604 · Drug testing; authorize for persons receiving public assistance benefits.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 606 · Pain management facilities; provide for licensure of.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 607 · Drug testing; establish pilot program for random testing of certain health care providers.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 656 · Child care; DHS transfer to CCDF $40 million of unspent TANF funds from prior fiscal year.
Sent January 13, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 452 · Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer on.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 456 · Infant Mortality Reduction Collaborative; extend repealer on.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 457 · Personal care homes; delete repealer on certain provisions relating to.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 459 · Harper Grace's Law; extend repealer on authority to research and dispense cannabidiol (CBD oil) for medical purposes.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 460 · Medical examiners and pathologist; extend repealer on fees for death investigations and autopsies.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 461 · Mental Health; extend repealer on operational standards and state board's authority over regional centers.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 462 · Mental Health; extend repealer on Strategic planning and Best Practice Committee.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 463 · State Department of Health and State Board of Health; reenact and extend repealer on.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 464 · State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 465 · State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 478 · Post-accute residential brain injury rehabilitation facility; define for purpose of licensure.
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 338 · Board of Nursing; remove physician member and consumer member from the board.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 339 · Board of Mental Health; add 2 new members who are directors of community mental health centers.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 341 · Medical Licensure Board; authorize to change administrative fees to licensees and impose monetary penalties.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 362 · Health Care Certificate of Need Law; repeal.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 375 · Needle exchange programs; authorize county health departments to operate with consent of local governments.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 376 · Public assistance; require recipients of to present proof each quarter of their attempts to obtain employment.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 377 · Smoking; prohibit in motor vehicle with child passenger under age six.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 379 · DHS; require to provide information to kinship caregivers regarding public assistance benefits.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 381 · Alexander Blouin Mississippi Hospital Anatomical Gift Notification Act; create.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 382 · Alexander Blouin Mississippi 911 Reporting Act; create.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 384 · Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow person convicted of certain crimes to practice.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 387 · Drug testing; require for recipients of public assistance to continue receiving benefits.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 388 · Alexander Blouin Mississippi Medical Referral Requirement Act; create.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 400 · Alexander Blouin Mississippi Medical Emergency Crash Cart Requirement Act; create.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 422 · Office of Physician Workforce; authorize to assist in creating/supporting residencies in addition to family medicine residencies.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 38 · Department of Human Services; child support attorneys shall be paid percentage of attorney's fees collected.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 47 · Hospital records; delete provision requiring notice before retiring X-ray film or graphic data.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 48 · CON law; remove health care services and equipment from requirement for a CON.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 75 · Mississippi Comprehensive Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 76 · Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 85 · Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 86 · Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 88 · MS Adult Health and Privacy Act; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 91 · Breast-feeding; revise and strengthen statues supporting and promoting.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 92 · Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 93 · Cemeteries and preneed contracts; require those covered or funded by a trust to have surety bond to protect owners or insureds.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 94 · Disabled person's vehicle tag; remove requirement for physician's certification for annual renewal.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 97 · SNAP recipients; must take TABE exam and achieve certain scores before will be exempt from work requirements.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 98 · TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 99 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 100 · CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 101 · Public benefits; require drug testing for all recipients of state or local funded benefits.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 102 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients & others.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 104 · Nutritional chart; require to be displayed prominently in school cafeteria.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 106 · DHS; seek federal waivers to require SNAP recipients to present photo ID when making purchases.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 107 · ADHD medications; provider must have second opinion and provide information to parents before prescribing.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 109 · Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 149 · Health Disparities Council; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 161 · Child Care Advisory Council; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 162 · Mississippi Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; create to provide flexible spending accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 163 · Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 177 · Oxycontin pills; limit RX to 75 pills per RX unless patient is hospitalized or in nursing home.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 235 · Public assistance; require fathers of children receiving to participate in DHS Responsible Fatherhood Initiative program.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 309 · Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 317 · Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 318 · Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Sent January 3, 2017 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate