Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Bobby B. Howell
Sponsored
Became law3
Medicaid; authorize extension of information system and support system contracts.
Medicaid; clarify frequency of meetings of P&T committee and required time to file judicial appeals.
Attala County; authorize the issuance of bonds for certain costs related to county-owned hospital.
Passed the House1
Medicaid planners; require to register with Division of Medicaid and file a surety bond.
In committee5
Pharmacists; may substitute interchangeable biological products for a prescribed product under certain conditions.
CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Gaming; create method for collection of child support debts from winnings of legal activities.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide matching funds for the Hugh White State Park/Lake Access Road Project in Grenada County.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Passed the House · 3
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
Commission on Future of Medicaid and Health Care in Mississippi; create.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Out of committee · 5
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
Prison lands leased for agricultural purposes; revise fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Venison Harvesting Program for Inmate Consumption; create.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
Attala County; authorize the issuance of bonds for certain costs related to county owned hospital.
In committee · 7
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Leflore County for regional jail.
Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.
Marriage certificate; increase fee.
Driver's license; remove requirement that commissioner, assistant commissioner, or authorized deputy sign driver's license.
Income tax; authorize a credit for employers who pay the cost of a qualified wellness program.
Workforce Training Mitigation Act of 2015; authorize issuance of bonds for construction of workforce training facility in certain area of state.