Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Esther Harrison
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Lowndes County; allow to contribute funds to United Way of Lowndes County.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Bonds; issue for certain passenger and freight rail service infrastructure and other rail projects.
Passed the House · 8
Public university property; authorize DFA to sell certain property at Mississippi University for Women.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Nursing schools and programs; eligible for funding to increase faculty if also increase enrollment proportionately.
Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
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Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
Public school students; require drug testing of all sixth through twelfth graders.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurses to teach.
Appropriation; Health Department for additional funds for Office of Health Disparity Elimination.
Teacher scholarships; authorize for college graduates for courses required for teacher licensure.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Elementary school counselors; allot funds under Adequate Education Program for.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within State Department of Education.
MS Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
Medicaid; provide for a database of electronic medical records of Medicaid recipients, with access by Medicaid providers.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Decrease the number of African-American males in Prison Task Force; create.
Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.
Appropriation; IHL to establish a Robotics and Automation Institute at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL to establish the Southwest Rural Agricultural Incubator at Alcorn State University.