Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Walter L. Robinson, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law3
Insurance companies; revise certain provisions of law regarding risk-based capital requirements for.
Dental services; prohibit certain provision in contract between health care entity and dentist.
Hinds County; may establish Hinds County Economic Development Authority and abolish Hinds County Economic Development district.
Passed the House8
Fair and Equitable Claims Processing Act; create.
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium differential based on risk factors.
Insurance company classifications; eliminate home warranty class.
Insurance companies; revise limitations on the investment of funds by domestic companies.
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; make discretionary certain duties under the program.
Insurance adjuster and public adjuster licensing; revise certain provisions regarding.
Filing of rates by insurers; revise.
Insurance companies; increase privilege taxes and license fees for foreign and domestic companies.
Out of committee1
State Fire Academy; require cities and counties performing fire training on personnel outside jurisdiction to coordinate with.
In committee20
Motor vehicle liability insurance; increase penalty for failure to provide proof of, revise distribution of funds from fines.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; revise certain provisions regarding penalty for failure to provide proof of.
Municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area to be completed within 30 days of annexation decree.
Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed if petition signed.
Municipal election commissioners; change from an appointed to an elected office.
Children's Health Insurance Program; transfer administration of to Division of Medicaid.
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to impose premium surcharge on certain retirees.
Counties and municipalities; mandate election on incurring debt for operational expenses and issuing bonds.
State Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to assess active employees a portion of premium under health plan.
Insurance companies; require liability insurance carriers to provide certain disclosures upon request of claimant.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise to clarify period after which a claim is extinguished.
Workers' Compensation Commission; revise qualification requirements for members of.
Workers' compensation; revise provisions of law regarding compensation for injuries where third parties are liable.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise to increase the funeral expense reimbursement and other death benefits.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise provisions regarding owner/operator's requirement to provide motor carrier certain proof of coverage.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise provisions of regarding apportionment and the amount of compensation for disability.
Industrial insurance company; provide that certain companies may be sold to another insurance company.
Workers' Compensation Commission; require to promulgate rules and regulations regarding safety program.
Preneed contract funded by insurance; authorize to be written up to $15,000.
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
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.
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
County medical examiners; require to be certified in forensic pathology and be on DPS-approved list.
Taxation; provide ad valorem, fuel and sales tax exemptions regarding private buses contracted to transport school students.
Passed the House · 9
Gaming; clarify powers of Mississippi Gaming Commission to regulate bingo.
PEER Committee; establish criminal and civil penalties for contempt of.
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Public purchasing; define "construction project" and prescribe conditions for certain contracts.
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Youth court judges; authorize to require certain parents of youth before the court to take parenting classes.
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
In committee · 18
Special Disability Programs Law; define and prescribe qualifications for personal care attendants under.
DOC; require to hire independent certified public accounting firm to conduct annual cost of incarceration report.
Homestead exemption reimbursements; prohibit Department of Revenue from distributing when local taxing district fails to publish increase in appraised value.
Medicaid; create health care authority to administer and expand program.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
Family Savings Initiative Act; create.
Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.
Public utilities; limit inspections, audits and examinations strictly to the Public Utilities Staff.
Medicaid; require implementation of an APR-DRG reimbursement system for inpatient service.
Gaming; regulate sales of chances as a lottery and prohibit.
Municipal temporary executive committee; shall give 30 days notice of meeting to select committee.
Judge; require felony conviction orders to inform as to status as a qualified elector.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Election commissioners; change election date for.