Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Omeria Scott
Sponsored
Passed the House8
Housing Authority Law; allow certain authority to establish for-profit subsidiaries.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Healthcare Coordinating Council; require to make report on specific health goals for the state.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
In committee30
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
School districts; require policies if accredited at Level 3 or lower and alternative curriculum.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living.
School nutrition; require school districts to serve low-fact meals and snacks to students diagnosed as overweight.
Outdoor advertising; prohibit promoting or marketing alcoholic beverages and fast food in certain areas.
Health screening; require annually for Medicaid, CHIP & State Health Plan recipients & participants.
Minority set-aside; revise qualifications of eligibility for obtaining purchasing contracts under.
Insurance; require providers to allow veterans under age of 30 to be covered by parents policy.
Health Insurance Management Board; revise membership and provide for legislative subpoenas.
Charter schools; create pilot program in Laurel Municipal Separate School District.
Medicaid; abolish CHIP Program and expand Medicaid eligibility for children to 200% of poverty level.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Income and ad valorem taxes; authorize taxpayer to pay one-half of liability or post bond.
Small business health insurance pool; create.
Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program Fund administered by the State Department of Education.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Honorable Grey Ferris; name Board Room at State Department of Education in honor of.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Investigation of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect; revise response time.
Mississippi After-School Initiative Task Force; create.
Hospital records; allow reproduction of in any form of electronic or digital media.
Crimes; repeal certain statutes regarding assemblage and disorderly conduct.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Children and family issues; create joint study committee on.
Nonprofit Corporation Act; revise.
Dept. of Public Safety Planning's Compliance Monitoring Unit & Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; clarify duties of.
Domestic violence; revise certain provisions.
Sex offenders; capital murder is an offense requiring registration when a sex offense is the underlying crime.
Mississippi Highway 17; designate a certain segment in Holmes County as "Charles H. Mason Memorial Highway."
Bridge; designate bridge in Jones County as the David R. Brown Memorial Bridge.
Mississippi Highway 465; name a segment in Warren County after William W. "Bill" Ramsey.
Municipal Historical Hamlet Act; create.
Cities and counties; authorize to donate to chapters of Boys and Girls Club within the city or county.
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Department of Human Services; extend repealer on.
Consumer protection; revise bringing of actions.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force; create.
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Medicaid; redetermination of eligibility for shall be available by mail.
Child support; require forgiveness of arrears when DNA disproves paternity.
Fair Pay Act of 2009; create to require equivalent pay for equivalent jobs.
Public purchasing; preference shall as given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Mississippi landmark; designate certain property on campus of Piney Woods Country Life School as.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2009."
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Housing Trust Fund; authorize.
In committee · 25
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Jones County; clarify authority of county's Economic Development Authority relating to enhancing development within.
Delinquent child support; use portion of proceeds from forfeitures to pay.
State employees; revise certain provisions regarding State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan.
U.S. Highway 61; schedule as high priority four-laning of those segments not already scheduled otherwise.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for certain projects at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for portion costs of Biotechnology/Ecology Research Center at Alcorn State University.
Pharmaceutical companies; require to report all gifts and other economic benefits provided to physicians and nurse practitioners.
Workers' compensation; increase amount of lump sum death benefit and benefit for funeral expenses.
Tobacco products; increase excise tax and earmark revenue from increase for Medicaid and community mental health centers.
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; restrict sale of to pharmacies only.
Termite treatment contracts; specify requirements for persons engaged in termite treatment.
Commission on Long-Term Care Residences; create.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefit Fund; include emergency management personnel.
School boards; require all elected members to be elected by majority vote.
Motorcycles; create safety and operator training program.
M.A.E.P.; increase adjustment to base cost for at-risk students.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; delete provision allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.
Principals and teachers; require all to participate in suicide prevention training.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Mississippi Delta Development Center; create to continue mission of Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Delta.