Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law3
Freestanding emergency room facility; define and require license by State Department of Health.
Bail agents; create electronic bondsmen registry, bail bond database and revise qualification bond.
Excavation of underground utilities; provide exception for certain activity by government entities in rights-of-way.
Passed the Senate3
Electric power associations; revise regulatory laws.
Electric Power Association Law; provide additional provisions applicable to generation and transmission cooperatives.
State Board of Health; authorize to charge fees for services based on cost of providing the services.
Out of committee2
Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required if over 3,600 hours of clinical practice.
Limited surety bail agents; prelicensing education shall be approved by MS Coalition of Limited Sureties.
In committee26
Alternative fuel systems; expand loan program to all political subdivisions.
Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Acupuncture Practice Act; delete requirement for physician referral or prescription and require recertification.
Nursing Practice Act; make technical amendments to.
Nurse practitioners; define scope of practice and revise certification and collaboration requirements.
Advanced practice registered nurses; provide full practice authority.
Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries.
Telemedicine services; define and authorize State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate regulations.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
Health care practitioner practicing without a license; provide enhanced criminal penalties.
Youth Services under Department of Human Services; make technical amendments.
State Employees Health Insurance Plan; establish telehealth services pilot program for urgent care.
Health case certificate of need; additional services subject to CON review.
Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers; use of private health insurance shall not adversely affect benefits.
Certificate of need fee waiver; eliminate for state agencies.
Adult care facilities; define adult day care facilities for licensure purposes.
Mississippi Responder Management System; provide workers' compensation and death benefits coverage for registrants of.
Tourism sales tax incentive program; extend.
Teaching hospital; exempt purchases and personal services contracts of from certain purchasing laws.
Medicaid Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Shared Savings Pilot Program; authorize Division of Medicaid to issue RFPs.
Services for Medicaid-eligible children with an IEP provided in school-based setting; Division of Medicaid shall reimburse.
Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and new CON in Lamar County.
Child restraints in youth court; require hearing.
Excavation of underground utility lines; revise enforcement relating to pipeline facilities.
City of Morton; authorize imposition of a local sales tax to fund the repair, rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
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; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Town of Walnut Grove; authorize to expand its gas distribution system.
Passed the Senate · 2
Salary supplement for Nat'l. Bd. Certified teachers who teach in certain counties; authorize & clarify process reimbursement.
Appropriation; Department of Medicaid and Human Services.
In committee · 5
Managed care organizations providing health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries; provide standardized credentialing of providers.
Collaboration with nurse practitioners; waive supervision requirements in certain health provider settings.
Income tax; authorize a credit for active members of the United States Armed Forces.
Bonds; authorize issuance of state general obligation bonds for capital improvements at state parks.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of bonds for capital improvements at the State Fire Academy.