Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Suffrage; restore to Angela Porter-Williams of Amite County.
In committee63
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create.
Medical marijuana; authorize Alcorn State University to enter into MOU for local farmers to grow for out-of-state vendors.
HIV crimes; increase penalties for intentional exposure or contact with blood or seminal fluid.
School board members; authorize excused absences from board meeting in the event of family emergency.
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.
"Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act"; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2021; create.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Chronic Diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs to reduce incidence of.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; create.
"Mississippi Youthbuild Act"; create.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt a policy and educate students on.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Purchase of automatic weapon; place certain restrictions on.
Video lottery terminals; authorize lottery board to allow with certain restrictions.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessments to members of school athletic teams.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create.
Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for.
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic credit.
Child support enforcement and collection; terminate contract with private entity for and DHS shall perform.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
School board members; establish annual salary based on student enrollment.
Mississippi History and United States Government; require to be included in curriculum for all students in Grades 9-12.
Appropriation; Employment Security for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act.
Malicious prosecution; require officials or employees involved to pay all costs associated with.
Appropriation; Human Services for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act.
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for.
Businesses; require laws and regulations affecting must allow existing businesses to continue operating under previous laws or regulations.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by to not more than five percent.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
Regional correctional facilities; prohibit from operating as a private correctional facility.
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment.
DHS; shall not require cooperation with child support enforcement to receive federal CCDF assistance.
Health insurers; require to use certain standard for hospital inpatient admissions.
Mississippi Board of Human Services; create.
Licensed professional counselors; revise qualifications for licensure for applicants who meet certain requirements.
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties.
Medicaid; require managed care organizations to use certain level of care guidelines in determining medical necessity.
Average daily attendance; dispense with calculating for 2021-2022 school year and use ADA from 2020-2021 school year.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of career technical buildings at the Greenville Higher Education Center.
Statewide educational assessments; lower minimum passing score on certain tests for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products, contraceptive products, baby formula and diapers.
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
CON; remove services and equipment from requirement for.
Income tax; revise definition of gross income to exclude income of certain small businesses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
Washington County; extend repeal date on Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
State flag; shall be the design recommended by the Commission to Redesign the State Flag and approved in the November 2020 election.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
In committee · 4
No-excuse absentee voting; authorize for any qualified voter who votes in person at the office of the registrar.
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Skill terminal devices; authorize operation of under in MS Lottery Corporation and impose tax on to support PERS.
Appropriation; Health Department for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.