Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
D. Stephen Holland
Sponsored
Became law18
Honorable Grey Ferris; name Board Room at State Department of Education in honor of.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Hospice program; delete requirement for composition of governing body of.
Acupuncture Practice Act; create.
Paternity; allow alleged father to request genetic testing through DHS when signed voluntary acknowledgement.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; authorize Governor to execute.
Investigation of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect; revise response time.
Child support; allow persons in contempt to be referred to restitution center.
Delinquent child support; delete requirement to sign agreement of to have suspended licenses reinstated.
Regional and community-based juvenile treatment programs and facilities; authorize Department of Human Services to develop.
Adoption; delete requirement that home study be performed by a Mississippi adoption agency.
Medical records; authorize heirs to obtain a copy of a decedent's records before the appointment of an executor or administrator.
Civil commitment proceedings; may be initiated in county where patient is found, and set maximum amount of filing fee.
Premature infants; make efforts to improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for.
Obesity; establish program to address problem of high rate in Mississippi with bariatric surgery.
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
Lee County; authorize to contribute to the Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Vetoed1
Crematory facilities; extend repealer and clarify retort operator qualifications.
Passed the House8
Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; extend time period for grants.
Vaccinations; revise requirements for medical exemptions from in order to attend school.
Child support withholding orders; revise definitions, require to be payable through DHS and allow collection of lump sums.
Premature infants; Health Dept. shall prepare educational info about risks and health care needs of.
CON; reduce periods of time for taking appeals and for chancery court to render final order in appeal.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Suffrage; restore to Milon Carruthers of Lee County.
Out of committee6
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; establish in State Department of Health.
Alien children in custody of Department of Human Services; authorize expenditure of funds for.
Certificate of need law; revise certain provisions of.
CON; reinstate provision authaorizing non-Medicaid nursing facility without CON if part of the continuing care retirement community.
Children's Product Safety Act; enact.
CON; issue to certain continuing care retirement communities for conversion to Medicaid nursing facility beds.
In committee18
Emergency lights on vehicles; authorize physicians to use when responding to an emergency.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add calls soliciting political support to.
Health Care Trust Fund; delete requirement to repay FY05 transfer from, and extend repealer on.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add certain political calls to "no-call".
Optometry; revise definition of practice of and delete certain restrictions.
Department of Human Services; delete automatic repealers.
DHS; Create scholarship program for law students who agree to work as attorneys for after graduation.
Controlled Substances Law; add oripavine to Schedule II.
Child abuse or neglect; create penalties for false reports.
Child endangerment; create criminal penalty for allowing child to be present while fleeing or eluding law enforcement.
Wills; provide for optional filing with chancery clerk.
Nursing; exempt practice of care in accordance with church and religious denomination from Nursing Practice Law.
Children's Product Safety Act; create.
Asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to children with.
Appropriation; MEMA for providing funds to Red Cross chapters.
CON; issue for conversion of assisted living beds to nursing facility Alzheimer's beds in Itawamba County.
Regional mental health/mental retardation commissions; bring forward sections authorizing and governing.
Suffrage; restore to Jerry L. Young of Lee County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Passed the House · 10
2009 Third Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Mental Health, additional for FY09 and FY10.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of purchase and installation of wind energy systems/solar energy systems.
Appropriation; IHL, Community and Junior Colleges - Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Funds; additional for FY09.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Out of committee · 1
Eminent domain; prohibit for property used for certain agricultural purposes.
In committee · 7
Mississippi Major Economic Impact; revise definition of the term "project" and authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
State employees; revise certain provisions regarding State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan.
County medical examiner's vehicle; expand type of equipment required for.
Community/junior colleges; students who are Mississippi residents shall not have to pay basic tuition.
CON; issue to Alexander Milne Home for Women for ICF-MR beds in Laurel.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.