Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Dirk D. Dedeaux
Sponsored
Became law3
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Medicaid; revise various provisions of the law.
Personal care home licensure; exempt private residences in which personal care services are provided to veterans.
Stone County; extend repealer on provision authorizing certain assessment on misdemeanor convictions.
Passed the House3
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of purchase and installation of wind energy systems/solar energy systems.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; extend repealers and revise certain provisions regarding.
Adolescent rehabilitation facilities; not limited to treating only those who have committed crimes.
Out of committee1
Medicaid; revise reimbursement rate for certain acute care hospitals.
In committee15
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Bonds; authorize for Freshwater Sport Fishing Incentive Fund.
Local planning commission members; revise the maximum per diem amount to the federal per diem rate.
Delinquent child support; use portion of proceeds from forfeitures to pay.
Mississippi Dairy Industry Stabilization Act; create.
Department of Corrections; authorize to use Oxford House, Inc., in its community prerelease program.
Medicaid; provide full cost reimbursement for certain state-owned inpatient psychiatric facilities.
All-terrain vehicles; establish ownership registration network.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Hancock County for regional correctional facility.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and new CON in Lamar County.
State Board of Mental Health; revise powers and duties regarding treatment plans.
Workforce participation; require Departments of Education and Corrections and MDA to take certain acts to enhance.
Firearms; restrict power of confiscation .
School district boundaries; authorize district to call for referendum on question of annexing certain territory.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Hancock County to house state inmates in regional facility.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
2009 Third Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
2009 Third Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Insurance Department.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
U.S. Highway 49; designate portion as "Lieutenant Robert J. Curry Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Mississippi Technology Alliance; require to make annual reports (PEER).
Per diem; set rate for commissioners of certain water, sewer, fire protection districts and county port and harbor commissions.
Passed both houses · 1
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Passed the House · 39
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Health and nutrition information; recipients of certain public assistance may view video on.
Health Disparities Council; create.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
State and School Employees health Insurance Management Board; add the Ex. Dir. of Div. of Medicaid as a nonvoting member (PEER).
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds may be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
PEER Committee; create criminal offense and revise subpoena power (PEER).
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for coastal preserve projects.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System-administrative expenses; maintenance and operation of building.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Board of Psychology.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Appropriation; Board of Nursing.
Appropriation; State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.
Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.
Appropriation; Board of Optometry.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Insurance Department.
Appropriation; State Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Harrison County; authorize sheriff's department to initiate 72-hour hold for persons in need of mental treatment.
Out of committee · 1
Local governments; require that certain information be obtained before appropriating to planning and development districts (PEER).
In committee · 30
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for reconstruction and repair of Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi.
Medicaid; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers' cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
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.
Judges; provide additional judge for the Twelfth Circuit Court District.
State Board of Mental Health; create nonvoting member appointed by Community Mental Health Centers (PEER).
Licensed social workers/marriage and family therapists; revise qualifications and continuing education requirements (PEER).
Emergency health powers; define natural disaster and direct SDH to perform certain functions in public health emergencies (PEER).
Psychologist licensure law; revise qualifications and require criminal background checks (PEER).
License professional counselors; clarify board selection and licensure qualifications (PEER).
Executive committee for management of mental health boards; create (PEER).
State medical examiner; revise duties and powers regarding the performance of autopsies. (PEER).
Corrections; require DOC to pay for costs of annual inmate cost per day review contracted for by PEER (PEER).
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.
State Auditor; revise certain requirements regarding powers and duties (PEER).
State-funded capital improvements; colleges are subject to preplanning requirements and restrict use of construction managers (PEER).
Lobbyist clients; require state agencies to file certain reports (PEER).
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies and universities and colleges from hiring with public funds (PEER).
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Driver's license; allow translation of birth certificate of foreign-born applicant to be translated by college or university.
School buses; authorize districts to adopt policy allowing advertising on.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.