Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Adrienne Wooten
Sponsored
In committee5
Financial Literacy Programs; expand grades in which school districts may implement.
Check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that may be charged for cashing checks.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Mortgages; establish foreclosure procedures giving borrowers a chance to modify their loans first.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Rankin County; authorize donation of certain real property to the Mississippi Burn Foundation.
Hinds county; grant certain authority to Hinds County Human Resource Agency.
Out of committee · 2
Crime Victims Bill of Rights; victim has right to receive copy of initial incident report.
Youth found to be in possession of drugs, certain; require to attend drug court program.
In committee · 27
Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns; establish program to encourage participation in state contracts by.
Universities; require to place 33% of bowl game revenue in escrow account to distribute to graduating athletes.
College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create.
Task force to address the disparity of African-American males in the judicial system; create.
Health insurance; require providers to allow children under 30 who are veterans to be covered under parent's policy.
Nursing schools and programs; make eligible for funding to increase faculty if increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; require community colleges to offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in.
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Surveillance cameras; authorize in classrooms and other areas of alternative schools.
School buses; require school districts to equip with seat belts and purchase those with seatbelts after July 1, 2012.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
Counties; authorize to donate to court collaborative.
Small business health insurance pool; create.
CON; issue for nursing home in Jones County.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Economically Distressed Municipalities Development Act; create.
Protest at funerals; revise penalties.
Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
Right to appeal; include in Victims' Bill of Rights.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Appropriation; Commission on the Status of Women.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making improvements to the Woodrow Wilson Avenue Bridge.