Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law5
Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for services provided by a licensed freestanding psychiatric hospital.
Domestic abuse protection orders; revise appellate procedure.
Youth Court Act; implement recommendations of Supreme Court's Commission on Children's Justice.
Community hospitals; revise provisions regarding service area and proposed sale of.
City of Pascagoula; reenact the hotel, motel and bed-and-breakfast tax, and extend the repeal date to July 1, 2023.
Passed the Senate2
Pilot program for managed care payment model for children with complex medical conditions (CMC); Medicaid to implement.
Medicaid managed care payment program; Medical Care Advisory Committee shall continue to review.
Out of committee1
Pilot program for managed care payment model for individuals with behavioral health issues; DOM to study.
In committee26
Hospital emergency room wait times; provide Medicaid MHAP payment penalty.
Open Meetings Law; revise reasons for executive sessions to include certain discussions by public hospital boards.
Open Meetings Act; court shall void any action taken in violation of.
Sexual battery; conform statute of limitations to rape.
Criminal procedure; allow interlocutory appeal by prosecution to stay proceedings and toll statute.
DA criminal investigators; revise salary of.
Appropriation FY2020; State Board of Education for State Department of Education Early Learning Collaboratives.
Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.
Cigarette excise tax; increase to be dedicated to the annual Medicaid program deficit and tobacco cessation programs.
Appropriation FY2020; Gulf Coast Restoration Fund for Southern Rail Commission.
Advance Mississippi Municipal Training and Development Act; create.
Gang act; revise.
Crimes of violence; require jury finding to classify certain felony offenses as.
Sheriffs; increase annual salary for counties with population of more than 100,000.
Pre-kindergarten programs; revise funding limits and specify teaching standards.
Firearms restraining order; create the extreme risk protection order.
Landlord/tenant act; clarify eviction and stay of proceedings.
Second chances; create Back-to-Work Act.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $3,000,000.00 for the Gulf Coast Rail Project.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Mississippi Maritime Museum in Pascagoula.
Bonds; authorize the issuance to assist Gautier in completing its water plant.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at the state-owned shipyard in Jackson County.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; FY2020 Appropriation to Pascagoula Redevelopment Corp. Mississippi for economic development projects.
Appropriation FY2020; Mississippi Department of Archives and History for renovation of Lapointe-Krebs Museum.
City of Gautier; authorize 1% assessment on retail sales at Singing River Mall site for improvements to site.
City of Gautier; authorize sale or 75-year lease of Singing River Mall for less than fair market value to attract retail.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Sales taxation; divert portion of revenue to certain counties in which certain tax increment finance projects are located.
Airport Authorities Law; limit ad valorem tax exemption to facilities on airport property as result of airport-related contracts & leases.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 3
Division of Medicaid; clarify authority to apply for waivers, etc.
Local governmental entities; authorize to pay costs of insurance coverage for dependents of employees.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
In committee · 3
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of Children's Advocacy Centers of Mississippi.