Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Linda Whittington
Sponsored
In committee7
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
"MS Working Family Support Act"; enact to provide increased child care service opportunities for certain working families.
Mental health; require certain percentage of general funds appropriated to DMH to be used to fund community centers.
Medicaid; prohibit division from requiring community mental health centers to participate in managed care program.
Mississippi Public Charter School Act of 2013; enact to establish process for creating.
Medicaid; injectable drugs shall be considered as prescription drugs for reimbursement purposes.
City of Greenwood; authorize levy of a tax on hotels and motels to repair Russell Building.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Interagency Farm to School Council; establish.
Passed the House · 2
Country of Origin Labeling; include term "fish" in category for which notification must be provided.
Compulsory school attendance; lower age to 5 years and disallow parent from removing child from kindergarten.
In committee · 3
School employee salaries and wages; require December payment to be paid by last working day of the month.
The Family Forward Act; enact.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.