Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Dean Kirby
Sponsored
Became law1
Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act; enact.
Passed the Senate3
Department of Human Services; extend repealers.
Tort Claims Act; local governments may purchase insurance for damages arising from use of its motor vehicles.
Medicaid program; make technical amendments and delete repealers.
In committee13
Criminal history record background check for new student applicants at any state university; authorize.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Joint Legislative and Paraprofessional Mississippi Health Care Districts Task Force; establish.
Medicaid program; extend repealers on Division of Medicaid, services and hospital assessment.
Service of notice of expiration of redemption period.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of the Mississippi Trucking Association Foundation, Inc.
Medicaid Medical Home Shared Savings program; direct Division of Medicaid to establish to support primary care providers.
Revised Mississippi Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA); delete automatic repeal clause.
Medicaid recipients; authorize Division of Medicaid to obtain asset verification from financial institutions.
Bail agents; bond not required to be approved by sheriff.
Bail; revise certain forfeiture provisions.
Bond; authorize posting by defendant as a condition of parole or early release.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as William R. "Bill" Minor Memorial Highway.
Memorial highway; designate a certain portion of MS Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Memorial Highway; designate the U.S. Highway 82 bypass in Washington County, Mississippi, as the "Anse Dees Memorial Bypass."
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECC); provide for licensure by the State Department of Health and Medicaid reimbursement.
Passed the Senate · 3
Ad valorem taxes; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive eminent danger pay.
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
Mental health/intellectual disability statutes; bring forward.
Out of committee · 1
Homeowners insurance; require premium discount for property built or retrofitted to resist hurricanes.
In committee · 4
Hospital licensure; authorize off-campus emergency departments.
Child care facility licensing agency; transfer from SDH to DHS.
City of Florence; extend repeal date on tax on bars and restaurants.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.