Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
D. Stephen Holland
Sponsored
Became law12
MS Professional Massage Therapy Act; require licensure to practice massage therapy and extend repealer.
Sex offender registration; create zone around certain areas.
Paternity; authorize DHS to institute proceedings at any time until child turns 21 years of age unless emancipated.
Hair braiding registration law; delete repealer.
Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act; enact.
Physical Therapy Licensure Law; revise various provisions of.
Child Death Review Panel; Health Department shall provide administrative support for.
Uniform laws; enact Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Adult foster care facilities; must perform background checks on employees.
Mississippi trauma system; require participation by hospitals and increase fees earmarked for trauma care fund.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Vetoed1
Children's Product Safety; create.
Passed the House14
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; establish in State Department of Health.
CON; require Health Department to revise State Health Plan in accordance with recommendations in AHPA report.
Foster parents; authorize DHS to reimburse up to a certain amount for property damage caused by foster children.
False reports of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal and civil penalties.
Time limitations for investigations of elder abuse; modify in cases where victim is not in immediate danger.
Counselors; define practice of counseling/psychotherapy as part of scope of practice of.
Child care Licensing Law; revise various provisions of.
Boiler and pressure vessel inspection certificate; increase fee for.
Controlled Substances Law; revise schedules to conform to federal law.
Children adopted through state-supported adoption agency; provide for continuation of Medicaid benefits.
Center of Excellence for Children; extend repealer.
TANF funds; DHS shall transfer unspent funds remaining from the prior fiscal year to Child Care and Development Fund.
Old Farmer's Market; Department of Finance and Administration to convey to University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Copyright and trademark laws; revise (AG).
Out of committee7
Social workers employed by the State of Mississippi; provide for salary realignment for.
Public Swimming Pool Act; create.
Asthma; State Department of Education to require school districts to take certain actions.
Bonds; delete requirement that certain fees are dedicated to paying principal and interest on public health lab bonds.
Child residential home employees; Health Department may obtain background checks on.
Prohibition against possession of weapons by students; include juvenile training schools under statute.
Consumer Protection Act for Mississippians Requiring Wheeled Mobility; enact.
In committee61
Medical psychologists; enact prescription privileges for credentialed psychologists.
Ad valorem tax; require tax collector to provide notice to owner before advertising land for which taxes have not been paid.
Irreconcilable differences; thirteenth ground for divorce.
Public service commissioners; allow to receive gifts up to $2,000.00 per year from those under jurisdiction of the commission.
Hospice law; delete repealer on Health Department's administrative duties relating to.
Insurance; require insurers to provide written statement of explanation of flood exclusion to insured.
Nursing; exempt practice of Christian Science nursing from Nursing Practice Law.
Enhanced penalties for assault; include juvenile care workers at the state training schools.
Burial contracts; pay face value to funeral home performing funeral if requested by member.
Driver's licenses; increase fees to improve and expand number of driver's license examining stations.
Insurance; require timely payment of property/casualty claims.
Insurance; set forth Mississippi Truth in Insurance Bill of Rights for Insured Citizens.
Food stamp fraud; include misuse of EBT card.
Statute of limitations on prosecuting crimes; exclude felony welfare fraud from.
State Personnel Board procedures; exempt DHS, Division of Family and Children's Services.
Burial of paupers; counties may use employees and equipment and purchase materials for that purpose.
Gift certificates; merchants must pay customers the remaining balance in cash under certain circumstances.
Professional Art Therapist Advisory Council; revise membership of.
Pharmacies; require drug manufacturers to provide for returns of outdated drugs for full credit or refund.
Youth camps; increase license fee for.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Elvis Presley Fan Club.
Personal care homes; delete repealer on certain provisions relating to.
Hospice law; delete repealer on State Department of Health's authority relating to.
Hearing Aid Advisory Council; clarify membership of.
Child support guidelines based on adjusted gross income; increase.
Controlled substances prescription tracking program; revise to conform to federal guidelines.
Certificate of Need applications; increase fee for.
Dept. of Mental Health; authorize to designate facility in Hinds County as child/adolescent mental health center.
Pharmacists; revise continuing education requirement for license renewal.
Health insurance; require coverage for asthma education services.
Public Service Commission; regulate cable television systems.
Covenant marriage; enact as form of marriage.
Funeral Service Board; revise various provisions of Funeral Service Law.
Psychiatric residential treatment facility; allow all beds in DeSoto County facility to participate in Medicaid.
CON; issue to nonprofit entity in Hinds County for psychiatric residential treatment facility beds.
Emancipation of minor child; provide for without necessity of court order in certain cases.
Medical examiners; increase salary and fees for death investigation reports completed by.
CON; psychiatric residential treatment beds in Flowood and Louisville, and child/adolescent psychiatric beds in Meridian.
Local government historic preservation law; revise certain provisions regarding powers and duties of commissions.
Public records; provide for release of exempt records when reason for nondisclosure no longer exists.
CON; Department of Health to issue to nonprofit psychiatric residential treatment facility in Hinds County.
CON law; revise various provisions of.
Speech-Language Pathology Council of Advisors; clarify membership of.
CON; Department of Health to issue for Alzheimer patient bed in Lee County.
Mississippi Individual on-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer.
CON; allow continuing care retirement community to convert non-Medicaid beds to Medicaid beds.
Physical therapists; allow patient referral by physician assistants and extend repealer on certain sections.
TANF assistance program; clarify exemption from work requirements and authorize State Diversionary Work Program.
Cell Phone Consumer Protection Act of 2008; create.
Medicaid; reimbursement rates and payment methodology shall not be changed without legislative amendment.
Medicaid; assessment on hospitals shall be used solely to finance state portion of Medicare UPL Program.
Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for long-term acute care hospital services to persons of any age.
Ambulatory surgical facility; include single-specialty facilities in definition under CON law.
Community Hospital Board of Trustees; increase compensation.
CON; transfer and relocate nursing home beds currently in Hancock County, and construct nursing home in Lamar County.
Appropriations; Department of Education to fund grant program to schools for asthma management programs.
Appropriations; Department of Health to establish an Indoor Environment Program and employ an epidemiologist.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
Income tax; a relative 65 or older, who resides with taxpayer and whose income is $12,000.00 or less, is a dependent.
Appropriation; Board of Mental Health to relocate child/adolescent group home to Harrison County.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Passed the House · 2
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriations; Division of Medicaid, additional for FY 2009.
Mental treatment; revise who is required to make commitment exam and time to complete exam.
Out of committee · 4
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; provide for hospital assessment and increase cigarette taxes to provide additional funds for.
Oriental Medicine Practice Act; enact.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
In committee · 10
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
Houses; require sellers to disclose if methamphetamine lab was located there.
Autism; require coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Handicap parking; prohibit governmental entity from charging fee for allowing access to disabled persons.
Statewide behavioral modification institute; authorize Our House, Inc., to serve as.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.