Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
D. Stephen Holland
Sponsored
Became law18
Public office; allow board of supervisors to close in the event of death of elected or appointed official.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Nurses; require applicants for licensure as to undergo criminal background checks.
Judgment for overdue child support and enforcement by DHS; extend reverters on statutes providing for.
Individuals delinquent in child support payments; authorize release of income/sales tax information.
Contact lenses; optometrists and ophthalmologists may prescribe and fit FDA-approved medicated lenses.
Lee County; authorize contribution to the Sanctuary Hospice House.
Mississippi Health Information Network Act; create.
Marriage and family therapists; allow to provide same services performed by social workers if within their scope of practice.
Child care facilities; require to provide parents with information about the risks of flu and availability of vaccines.
Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of; authorize to perform criminal background checks of employers and contractors.
Prescription drugs; increase maximum permitting fee for businesses engaged in sale and distribution of.
UMMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Mental health commitment laws; revise various provisions of.
ICCCY and State System of Care; delete repealers, expand council and define authority of council.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Three Rivers PDD; authorize certain counties and municipalities to apply for loans and grants made available by.
Vetoed1
Pharmacists; revise continuing education reporting requirements for licensure renewal.
Passed the House12
Wills; revocation upon divorce or annulment.
Children's Product Safety Act; create.
Midwifery; Board of Nursing shall regulate the practice of, and only certified nurse midwives may practice.
Columbia Training School properties; authorize alternative uses by Department of Human Services.
CON law; revise various provisions of.
Personal care homes; revise certain licensure provisions for.
Asthma or anaphylaxis medication; revise provisions authorizing self-administration by students.
Nonresident pharmacies; clarify permitting requirements for.
Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program; require Board of Pharmacy to assess fee against licensed practitioners to fund.
DA, asst. DA and criminal investigators; allow salaries to be supplemented by nonstate funds to be supplemented.
District Attorney; allow additional employees without limitation of funds.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.
In committee36
Mississippi University for Women; change name of the university to Mississippi University for Women and Men.
Ad valorem tax; require tax collector to provide notice to owner before advertising land for which taxes have not been paid.
Nursing home administrator licensure law; qualifications and amend complaint procedure.
Motor vehicle inspection fees; increase for one year to fund new training class for Highway Patrol Officers.
Electric power associations; provide jurisdiction of right-of-way matters to be under PSC.
Implied Consent Law; authorize MDOT officers to enforce.
Health discount plans; delete repealer on.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of Mississippi SIDS Alliance.
Income tax; authorize adjustament to gross income for costs paid for textbooks and supplies for home schooled students.
Paternity; clarify conditions for disestablishment of.
Paternity; clarify conditions for disestablishment of.
Family protection specialists and workers under DHS; extend repealers on sections relating to qualifications of.
Vulnerable adult investigations by DHS; conform time period for to new reporting requirements.
Election campaigns; repeal prohibition against DHS personnel participating in.
Oakley Training School; authorize alternative use by Department of Human Services.
Department of Corrections; require release of offender's medical records to certain individual if certain conditions met.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to members of Civitan International.
Controlled substances; add certain drugs to Schedules II & V.
CON; include CT-PET services in those new health services requiring CON review.
Mental Health; amend certain provisions of the FY2010 appropriation to the department.
Personal care homes; delete limitation on number of certain persons allowed to continue residing in.
Asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to children with.
Nurse; require to be present in operating or invasive procedure room for duration of operative or invasive procedure.
Institutions for aged or infirm; authorize Health Department to remove residents from facility under certain circumstances.
Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act; bring forward sections for amendment.
Distinctive license tags; authorize issuance to supporters of Little League Baseball and Softball.
Health Information Technology Act; create to require state agencies to coordinate with other agencies.
Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer and abolish Division of Medicaid.
Medicaid; require individuals who are eligible for TANF to also be eligible for.
Personal care homes; Department of Mental Health shall license and regulate certain together with Department of Health.
"Mississippi Song"; designate as the official state song for the State of Mississippi.
Motor vehicles; bring forward provisions regarding registration and payment of privilege tax on vehicles sold by other than by dealers.
Charity or nonprofit corporation; has insurable interest in life of insured where it is owner and beneficiary of policy.
Medicaid; provide for an optional arbitration hearing for a provider to resolve a dispute regarding a reimbursement decision.
Controlled substances; require registration of out-of-state facilities that distribute or dispense in Mississippi.
Medicaid; regional mental health centers not required to use local matching funds to receive reimbursement.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Pseudoephedrine; provide statewide tracking.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for new cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Sweet potato industry; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for disaster assistance loan guaranty program.
Bonds and economic development; authorize bonds for various purposes and provide/revise certain incentives.
Passed the House · 1
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Out of committee · 3
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
CON; issue to Alexander Milne Home for Women for ICF-MR beds in Laurel.
CON; authorize transfer of nursing home beds from Hancock County and new nursing home beds in Lamar County.
In committee · 3
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Public property; convey tract of Columbia Training School to Marion County Board of Supervisors and economic development district.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.