Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Kevin Ford
Sponsored
Passed the House6
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on.
State and Interstate highways; authorize Mississippi Transportation Commission and counties to contract for counties to maintain.
Uninsured motorist coverage law; revise to prohibit insurance policy from paying certain losses if another insurance policy must pay for such.
Professional employer organizations; provide for registration and regulation by the Insurance Department.
Telemedicine; revise definition for provisions of law regarding coverage for telemedicine services.
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission; return to a special fund agency.
In committee14
Salvage or abandoned vehicles; authorize disposition by auction firms on behalf of insurers.
Travel Insurance Act of 2021; create.
Counties; authorize to offer Medicare eligible county employees supplemental benefits if employees secure Medicare in lieu of using county insurance.
Nonadmitted policy fee; delete repealer on and revise distribution of.
Mississippi Surplus Lines Association; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to have excess funds of transferred to the State General Fund.
Rural fire truck acquisition assistance programs; bring forward code sections for possible amendment.
Nonadmitted policy fee; revise distribution of and delete repealer on.
Mississippi Statutory Thresholds for Settlement Involving Minors Act; create.
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; extend repealer on.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions of.
Healthcare Contracting Simplification Act; create.
Department of Child Protection Services; require search for relatives of child taken into custody and establish placement preferences.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Port of Vicksburg.
Bonds; authorize issuance for acquiring and renovating property to house Hinds CC Maritime Training Center in Vicksburg.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Home inspector license; require applicants to undergo certain background checks.
Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan.
In committee · 4
Skill terminal devices; authorize operation of under in MS Lottery Corporation and impose tax on to support PERS.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Mississippi Ports Improvements Fund.
City of Vicksburg; authorize adoption of vacant commercial building registration ordinance.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.