Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Otis Anthony
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of.
Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
Qualified Health Center Grant Program; clarify that amount specified for grants under is minimum amount to be issued.
Controlled substances; exclude fentanyl testing materials from definition of "paraphernalia" under.
State Fruit; designate the blueberry as.
Path to permanency; provide for children in Child Protection Services.
Circuit judges and chancellors; increase office operating and expense allowances and support staff funding.
Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts.
Rivers McGraw Mental Health Treatment Court Act; revise.
Passed the House · 14
Health Care Impact Grant Program; establish to provide grants to hospitals and nursing facilities.
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
Municipalities; authorize waiver of liens, under certain circumstances, for costs associated with cleaning menaced property.
"Property Clean up Revolving Fund"; establish.
Office of Workforce Development; authorize to work with MS Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy to create an accountability system for certain nonprofits.
Mississippi New Economic Development Training Assistance Grant Program; create.
County boards of supervisors; authorize donations to MS Main Street programs and civil rights memorials.
Water Infrastructure Grant Program; DEQ shall give priority to applicants not receiving funding in first round grants.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a district innovation.
Mississippi Dual Credit Scholarship Program; create.
Career coaching program; modify directive of Office of Workforce Development from piloting to implementing long term.
Assistant teacher salaries; prohibit school districts from using any state-funded increase to substitute the local contribution.
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger.
Out of committee · 1
Child support; authorize for disabled child past the age of majority.
In committee · 40
Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage.
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools.
Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under.
Medicaid; telehealth services provided by FQHCs, rural health clinics and community mental health centers reimbursed at same rate as face-to-face encounters.
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers.
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum.
MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.
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.
Reverse-location court order; regulate and prohibit under certain circumstances.
Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date.
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
Biometric Identifiers Privacy Act; establish.
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools.
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools.
Appropriation; IHL for Jackson State University for student housing and dormitories.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit for.
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
Early voting; authorize.
Bonds; create pilot program for grants to certain municipalities for security cameras and equipment and authorize bonds to provide funds.
TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers.
Compulsory school age; revise definition to include children who attain the age of five years before September 1.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
Mobile barbershops; authorize licensed barbers to operate.
Mississippi Native Plant Month; declare April as.
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a stadium on or near the campus of Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a parking lot for the Jackson Convention Center.
Appropriation; IHL for constructing a separate water system for Jackson State University.
Appropriation; DPS for purchasing body-worn cameras for all Capitol Police officers.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program.