Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Alyce G. Clarke
Sponsored
Became law1
Crisis intervention teams; provide for implementation of to provide mental health services.
Passed the House1
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
In committee16
Mental health; create pilot program in Hinds County for single point of entry for persons detained by law enforcement.
Mental health commitment laws; authorize certain trained law enforcement officers to hold mentally ill persons for treatment.
Crimes; create for using cell phone without hands-free accessories while driving.
Sex Education Pilot Program; State Boards of Education and Health to jointly establish for public schools.
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Burial lots; require cemeteries providing for compensation to make filing of with Secretary of State.
Motor vehicle inspection fees; increase.
Gaming; hold statewide election on issue of state lottery to fund higher education.
Breast-feeding; require hospitals and employers to take certain actions to promote and support.
Motor vehicles; allow Highway Safety Patrol to remove vehicles disabled by crash and to allow Highway Safety Patrol to direct traffic.
State Board of Cosmetology; extend repealer on.
Stem Cell Research Task Force; create.
Emerging Crops Fund; authorize additional amounts to Mississippi Small Farm Development Center at Alcorn for farm assistance.
Workers' compensation; include certain unmarried cohabitants in the definition of surviving spouse.
Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.
Personal care home; require to notify resident's responsible party before moving resident to another facility or location.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Vulnerable Adults Act; change references from "vulnerable adults" to "vulnerable persons."
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2010; create.
Nurse-Family Partnership program; State Department of Health shall establish in MS.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Child care facilities; require to provide parents with information about the risks of flu and availability of vaccines.
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Passed the House · 16
Health Disparities Council; create.
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2010."
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Joint legislative study committee on children and family issues; reestablish for further study and reporting purposes.
Gaming; clarify powers of Mississippi Gaming Commission to regulate bingo.
PEER Committee; establish criminal and civil penalties for contempt of.
Willie E. "Rat" McGowan, Sr.; name Alcorn State University Baseball Park in honor of.
Chronic diseases; Health Department shall establish WISEWOMAN & WISEMAN programs to reduce incidences of.
Sickle cell disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Public purchasing; define "construction project" and prescribe conditions for certain contracts.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
Out of committee · 1
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
In committee · 8
Grandparents' visitation rights; expand availability of.
Special Disability Programs Law; define and prescribe qualifications for personal care attendants under.
DOC; require to hire independent certified public accounting firm to conduct annual cost of incarceration report.
Homestead exemption reimbursements; prohibit Department of Revenue from distributing when local taxing district fails to publish increase in appraised value.
Public utilities; limit inspections, audits and examinations strictly to the Public Utilities Staff.
Medicaid; require implementation of an APR-DRG reimbursement system for inpatient service.
Gaming; regulate sales of chances as a lottery and prohibit.
Municipal temporary executive committee; shall give 30 days notice of meeting to select committee.