Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Joe C. Gardner
Sponsored
Became law1
Town of Como; authorize to impose certain sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.
Passed the House2
Dialysis treatment; require facilities providing to maintain backup power supply for dialysis machines.
Sickle cell disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
In committee10
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Child care facilities; require to call child's contact persons if child hasn't arrived within one hour of normal times.
Food unsafe for human consumption; authorize State Health Officer to prohibit sale of in this state.
Healthcare Coordinating Council; require to make report on specific health goals for the state.
Health screening; require annually for Medicaid, CHIP & State Health Plan recipients & participants.
Children's Health Insurance Program; transfer administration to Division of Medicaid.
Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Mental Health, Dept. of; not less than 40% of funds appropriated to must be expended on children.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Economic development; create the MS Development Authority Workforce Training Fund, increase bonds for certain industry incentives.
Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010; create.
Nurse-Family Partnership program; State Department of Health shall establish in MS.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Mississippi Highway 161; designate certain segment as "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
MS Veterans Monument Commission; revise the makeup of the advisory board and increase the maximum state match for private donations.
MS Persian Gulf War Memorial; transfer state-owned property to Veterans Affairs Board and create.
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Passed the House · 15
Dialysis transportation program; extend repealer on the Division of Medicaid's duty to implement.
Poverty; create "Mississippi Higher Education Service Corps Act of 2010."
Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development; create.
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare videos with certain information for benefit recipients and others.
Joint legislative study committee on children and family issues; reestablish for further study and reporting purposes.
Mental health; modernize terminology used to refer to persons with mental retardation.
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
Early Voting Act; create.
District attorneys; revise funding source for legal assistants and criminal investigators.
Department of Agriculture; provide for charging of fees for certain licenses and certifications.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; revise certain duties of.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children of veterans killed in the Persian Gulf War.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
Legal Aid for Economically Deprived Mississippians Study Panel; create.
Out of committee · 1
National Popular Vote; authorize Mississippi to enter an agreement among the states to elect President by.
In committee · 2
All-terrain vehicles; prohibit on state-maintained highways, roads and streets.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.