Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Kevin Blackwell
Sponsored
Became law6
Physical therapy practice laws; revise various provisions of.
DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority; increase borrowing/bonding authority from $40 Million to $80 Million.
Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC.
Appropriation; additional to Department of Health.
Medical cannabis act; set additional provisions related to background checks, department investigations, fees and appeals.
Medical Cannabis Research Advisory Board; enact and create the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program.
Passed the Senate4
Medicaid reimbursements; revise certain provisions relating to a psychiatric residential treatment facility in DeSoto County.
Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority.
Motor vehicles; require proof of liability insurance before license tag or decal may be issued or renewed.
Medicaid; revise various technical provisions related thereto, including reimbursement levels and facility eligibility.
Out of committee2
Real Estate Commission; grant discretion to issue license after felony conviction of crimes of moral turpitude.
Medicaid reimbursement, services, beneficiaries, hospital assessment and premium tax; bring forward sections.
In committee44
Legislative offices; define vacancy.
Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact.
Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption.
Elections; public official's qualification as candidate deemed resignation of current office.
Statute of limitations; except sexual battery from.
Arrest warrants; authorize electronic signatures.
Law Enforcement Officers Training Program; include training for certain crimes.
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
Tax sale; county to retain any overbid amount and landowner prohibited from requesting recovery of.
Elections; change qualifying period and date of primary.
Election code; establish provisions for electronic voter registration application and secure website.
Nurse practitioners; authorize to dispense legend drugs to patients.
Health care CON review; party requesting or appealing a hearing on application is responsible for costs and attorney fees.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise definition of.
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions related to, including collaboration requirement.
Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of.
Reckless endangerment; create crime of.
Employment; protect employees from forced human microchip implantation.
Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to adopt rules and regulations regarding reimbursement rates and other matters.
Local governments; impose approval condition precedent on agreements for certain county services or facilities.
Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barbering; merge into one board and provide various provisions related thereto.
Vaccines; authorize administration by pharmacy interns and technicians when supervised by pharmacist.
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.
Ad valorem taxes; consider annexed business "new enterprise" for purpose of eligibility for certain municipal tax exemptions.
Dietitian Licensure Compact; ratify.
Prescription drugs; require pharmacist to dispense unless certain circumstances exist.
Health insurance; require health benefit plans to follow new procedure related to step therapy protocol for CRF-COPD treatment.
Health insurance; prohibit insurers from discriminating against durable medical equipment and set reimbursement rate.
Regulatory Reduction Program; require certain pilot agencies to implement.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Annual tax assessment; revise deadline to file protest of.
Ad valorem tax on inventory; phase in exemption for certain small businesses.
Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise certain definitions related thereto.
Animal facilities; require sterilization of certain dogs and cats.
Advanced practice registered nurse; revise collaboration requirement and board of nursing membership.
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
Real Estate Commission; allow to issue voluntary use of real estate licensees in residential transactions.
Mental health facilities; provide for licensure of certain, and provide for Medicaid coverage for services provided.
Cosmetology and barbers; merge with changes requested from boards.
Medical Cannabis Act; revise various provisions related thereto.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to DOH for MS Baptist Medical Center to establish a burn center or unit.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to University of Mississippi for the Center for Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
2024 Second Extraordinary Session · Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
2024 First Extraordinary Session · Project Poppy Fund; create.
2024 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects.
DeSoto County; authorize the contribution of funds for membership to the Chamber of Commerce.
Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
Inadequacy of service; authorizing the commission to cancel a municipality's certificate to provide service upon findings of.
The Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; bring forward provision related to.
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; require the Department of Education to provide certain data on educational effects.
SAFER Act; enact.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 5
Shoplifting; modify finding required before imposing a sentence of imprisonment.
Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; enact to prohibit discriminating against 340B drug discount program entities.
Mississippi Ireland Trade Commission; establish.
Ad valorem taxes; authorize local governments to grant exemptions for raw materials and work in progress inventory.
Corrections; require implementation of improved model for projecting inmate population growth.
Out of committee · 2
Firearms, firearm entities and knives; prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts regarding.
Annexation; require referendum in certain communities if municipality does not provide critical services.
In committee · 9
School extracurricular events, authorize teachers and one guest to attend for free.
Special occupational diploma; re-authorize students having a disability as defined by federal IDEA to obtain.
Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute and revise membership terms, change charter school funding formulas.
Crime of fentanyl delivery resulting in death; remove "with knowledge of the fentanyl" element.
Department of Corrections; revise certain requirements for intensive supervision program.
Deficit Prevention Act; amend additional deficit or supplemental appropriation request procedure.
ABC Warehouse Construction Fund; prohibit spending from until DOR and DFA determine total project costs no more than $55M.
Master plan for coastal resiliency and restoration; provide for.
Coastal resiliency and restoration; create coordinating committee on.