Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Eugene S. Clarke
Sponsored
Became law7
Insurance companies; revise laws relating to the filing of audited financial reports of insurers.
Property and Casualty Actuarial Opinion Act; enact.
Local government self-insurance plans; remove certain restrictions on employee group insurance.
Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact; enact.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association; revise provisions of law regarding.
Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on and require Wind Pool to give premium discount on fortified homes.
Surplus Lines Insurance Association; extend repealer on liability protections of.
Passed the Senate12
Nonprofit Corporation Act; revise.
Burn injuries; require hospitals and licensed facilities services to notify State Fire Marshal when treating individuals for.
Corporations; authorize administrative reinstatement of a dissolved corporation under certain circumstances.
Insurance producer licensing laws; revise for national uniformity.
State Employees Health Insurance Management Board; shall establish irrevocable trust for funding retiree benefits.
Health insurance; provide for reciprocal limitations on claim filing and claim audits.
Mississippi Home Corporation; increase the amount of bonds that it may issue.
Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act/Cemetery Law; revise provisions.
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; increase fine for failing to have proof of insurance.
MS Insurance Guaranty Association; allow stay pending appeal.
Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project; create as pilot program.
Out of committee2
Small employer group health insurance policies; prohibit exclusion for preexisting conditions.
Deputy Commissioner of Insurance; salary shall be fixed by the commissioner, subject to State Personnel Board approval.
In committee12
Bad check law; revise.
CON for acute psychiatric beds and PRTF beds in Washington County; authorize.
Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise conditions under which tax exemptions may not be granted to additional business enterprises.
Liquified Compressed Gas Permit; revise application procedure.
Public officers; shall be liable personally and on official bond when entering into unauthorized contracts.
Public officers; provide criminal penalty for failing to timely deposit public funds.
Trauma care services; certain health insurers not required to reimburse cost of.
Payroll and purchases for public school districts; DFA prepares payroll and makes purchases.
Historic property income tax credit; authorize assignment of.
"Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act of 2009"; enact.
Ad valorem and sales tax; exempt certain foundation that provide support to state institutions of higher learning.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
"Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act"; enact.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Passed the Senate · 8
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Child Protection Act; enact.
Children; prohibit buying and selling of.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bolivar County; authorize a contribution to the Delta State Alumni Association.
Bolivar County; authorize a contribution to the Choctaw Sewer Association.
Bolivar County; authorize contribution to the Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
In committee · 2
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
State and School Employees' Health Insurance Management Board; may impose premium differential on tobacco users.