Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Hob Bryan
Sponsored
Became law9
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs); revise licensure provisions.
Boiler and pressure vessel inspection certificates; increase fees charged by State Department of Health.
Youth camp licensure; increase fee charged by the State Department of Health.
Childcare licensing law; clarify voluntary licenses and increase fees.
Hospice law; extend repealer on Health Department's administrative duties relating to.
State Board of Health Professional Art Therapist Advisory Council; revise membership.
Uniform Controlled Substances Law; conform schedules with federal law.
Solid waste; DEQ to develop educational program for disposal of home-generated medical sharps.
Medicaid Assistance Program; make technical amendments to.
Passed the Senate9
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid program; authorize hospital assessment.
2008 First Extraordinary Session · MS Public Health Laboratory; establish.
Monroe County; authorize the creation of a beautification commission.
Monroe County; authorize annual contribution to the Monroe County Shrine Club for cost of transporting burn victims.
Monroe County; authorize annual contributions to the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce.
Hair braiding registration law; delete repealer.
Bonds; remove language requiring the Dept. of Health to deposit money into a sinking fund to pay P&I on public health lab bonds.
Revised Mississippi Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; enact.
Monroe County; authorize to impose additional court costs to fund Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program.
Out of committee4
Personal care homes; extend repealer on certain provisions regarding.
State Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on.
Child Death Review Panel; State Department of Health provide administrative support for.
Medicaid program; authorize hospital assessment; create Medicaid Hospital Advisory Bd.; provide for Medicaid payments to hospitals.
In committee17
Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer on.
Health care facility certificate of need; revise minimum expenditures requiring review, etc.
Adult foster care facilities; require criminal background checks of employees.
Maximum fee for CON applications; increase.
Bonds; increase for the local governments and rural water systems improvements revolving loan fund.
Child residential homes; require licensure by the State Department of Health.
Council of Advisors in Speech language Pathology and Audiology; clarify membership.
State Board of Health Hearing Aid Advisory Council; clarify membership.
MS Professional Massage Therapy Act; require licensure to practice massage therapy and delete repealer.
CON; authorize for private-pay beds which are part of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act; enact.
Community hospital board of trustees; increase authorized compensation.
CON; clarify definition of ambulatory surgical facility.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and new CON in Lamar County.
Medicaid program; prohibit change of payment methodology & define sole purpose of Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program.
"Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act of 2008"; enact.
Child Accounts Savings Program; establish.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
In committee · 1
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.