Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law8
Limited institutional medical license; authorize additional extension upon certain conditions.
Telemedicine services; health insurance plans must provide coverage to same extent as in-person services.
Child support income administrative withholding notice; delete requirement that DHS must file with the court.
Child support guidelines; presumed to be reasonable for adjusted gross income within a certain range.
Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; revise.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on its creation and ability to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Passed the Senate13
Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries.
Adult care facilities; define adult day care facilities for licensure purposes.
Mississippi Acupuncture Practice Act; extend repealer.
Education Achievement Council; make recommendations regarding college readiness, common core and performance budgeting.
Mississippi Aboveground Storage Tank Act of 2013; enact.
Regional mental health/intellectual disability commissions; define services which may be provided.
Medicaid reimbursement; authorize for licensed professional counselors and clinical social workers.
Regulation of excavations near underground utility facilities; revise.
Energy efficiency standards; revise for commercial buildings.
Overdue child support; payable to custodial parent after emancipation of child.
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
"Mississippi Energy Sustainability and Development Act"; create.
State buildings; revise energy conservation requirements for design and construction of major facility projects.
Out of committee4
Medicaid program; provide criteria for reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient services in a critical access hospital.
Public Service Commission; may establish multi-year rate recovery plan for certain new electric generating facilities.
Sale or lease of community hospitals; provide procedures and effect of sale or lease.
MS Public Utility Rate Mitigation and Reduction Act; create.
In committee22
"Mississippi Free Health Clinic Volunteers in Medicine Act"; enact.
Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice nurses must practice within collaborative relationship with a physician.
Licensing of graduates of foreign medical schools; authorize State Board of Medical Licensure to waive 5-year limitation.
In-home care choices for Medicaid recipients; direct Division of Medicaid to apply for necessary waivers to provide.
Prior authorization forms for prescription drugs; State Board of Pharmacy promulgate rules and regulations for.
Elderly victims; enhance penalty for fraud and monetary crimes against.
Indecent exposure; revise penalty.
Interstate child support cases; change uniform law statutory references.
Child support; raise guidelines for support awards and lower age of emancipation.
Nate Rogers Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.
Mississippi UPSTART school readiness project; create.
Employment First Act; require state agencies to give priority to persons with disabilities.
Salaries; clarify maximum for State Public Defender and correct typographical error.
Court reporting; prohibit certain contracts as violative of the integrity of the judicial system.
Mississippi Nursing Practice Act; make technical amendments to.
Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal Law; extend repealer.
DUI; automatic continuance if law enforcement officer on active duty.
State Board of Medical Licensure; add nurse practitioner member of Mississippi Board of Nursing to.
"Mississippi Working Family Support Act"; establish.
Circuit clerks; increase fee for taking and recording applications for marriage license.
Circuit clerks; increase fee charged for filing each complaint, petition and indictment.
Pharmacy benefit manager licensure statutes; delete repealers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 65
Certified purchasing offices; revise decision procedure for the best value calculation.
Elections; allow mileage to receiving and returning managers for the use of private vehicles.
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
ICFMR operated by Department of Mental Health; authorize transfer of beds to more appropriate setting for clients.
Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
Domestic Violence Task Force; create.
Mississippi Education Works Program; enact education reforms.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military - Support.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Sebastopol Natural Gas District; revise the boundaries of and authorize sale of bonds issued by at public or private sale.
Passed the Senate · 5
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Election commissioners; provide that elections shall be nonpartisan.
State agency property; authorize DFA as central leasing agent for all state agencies.
Unemployment compensation; place funds under exclusive administrative control of MDES and provide additional funds for WET fund.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Cosmetology Practice Act; make technical amendments and delete repealer.
In committee · 3
Employment Security; revise the general experience rate for all employers; persons must be actively seeking work to receive benefits.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.
Alternative Fuel Vehicles for Mississippi Act of 2013; create.