Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Passed the House2
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Out of committee1
CON; issue for psychiatric facility beds in Washington County.
In committee26
PERS retirees; state agencies may not employ or contract with through June 30, 2012, with certain exceptions.
Mississippi Foreclosure Rescue Business Act; create.
Intensive supervision program; expand to include juvenile delinquents.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require course related to offices after elected.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the United States government course.
Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Family Savings Initiative Act; create.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
State and county welfare department; authorize commissioners and employees to participate in political campaign.
Oakley Training School; change name to Oakley Rehabilitation Center.
Closing the Gap Act; create.
Rural Transportation Planning Organizations; authorize MDOT to form.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids for dependent children.
Medicaid; provide the Private Fee-for-Service plans services shall be covered in a pilot program.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Education Improvement Act; enact.
Bullying or harassing behavior; prohibit in schools.
Workers' Compensation Law; require every carrier to provide coverage to employees who have a nonviolent record.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Appropriation; Health Department to develop and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Appropriation; IHL for Special Task Force for Revitalization of the Mississippi Delta Region.
Sales tax; levy additional one cent on soft drinks.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Oakley Training School; change name to the "Oakley Youth Development Center."
Appropriation; Legislative Expense, Regular.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Passed the House · 8
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Youth court jurisdiction; revise.
Disposition alternatives in delinquency cases, certain; revise.
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
In committee · 7
Municipal temporary executive committee; shall give 30 days notice of meeting to select committee.
Tony Gobar Individualized Assessment and Comprehensive Community Intervention Initiative; direct certain funds to.
Judge; require felony conviction orders to inform as to status as a qualified elector.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Election commissioners; change election date for.