SB2406 - MS Public Records Act; exempt certain private information of persons conducting in-state operations.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeremy England, Jason Barrett
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-61-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act Certain Private Information Of Any Federal Or State Law Enforcement Officer, Judge Or District Attorney, Conducting An Operation In This State; To Require A Public Body, Upon Online Or Written Request, To Redact From Its Records Certain Private Information Of A Law Enforcement Officer, Criminal Investigator, Judge Or District Attorney, Or The Spouse Or Child Of The Law Enforcement Officer, Criminal Investigator, Judge Or District Attorney; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2641 - Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on for compliance with United States and Mississippi Constitutions.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joseph M. Seymour
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 97-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Prohibition Against Hunting On Any Street, Public Road, Public Highway, Levee Or Railroad In Order To Comply With Section 12 Of The Mississippi Constitution And The Second Amendment To The United States Constitution As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court In District Of Columbia V. Heller, 554 U.s. 570 (2008), And New York Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. V. Bruen, 597 U.s. 1 (2022); And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2140 - Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Walter Michel, Charles A. Younger, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago19 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; To Establish The Legislative Findings Of The Act; To Provide The Applicability And Scope Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Maintain A Complete List Of Services For Which Prior Authorizations Are Required; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Any Current Prior Authorization Requirements And Restrictions Readily Accessible And Posted On Its Website; To Set Requirements For The Clinical Review Criteria Of Health Insurance Issuers; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers From Denying A Claim For Failure To Obtain Prior Authorization If The Prior Authorization Requirement Was Not In Effect On The Date Of Service On The Claim; To Require Health Insurers To Make Certain Prior Authorization Statistics Available On Their Website; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Available A Standardized Electronic Prior Authorization Request Transaction Process By January 1, 2025; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2027; To Establish Certain Requirements On Health Insurance Issuers For Prior Authorizations In Nonurgent Circumstances And Urgent Circumstances; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Give Certain Notifications When Making An Adverse Determination; To Establish The Qualifications For Personnel Who Review Appeals Of Prior Authorizations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Periodically Review Its Prior Authorization Requirements And To Consider Removal Of These Requirements In Certain Cases; To Provide That A Health Insurance Issuer May Not Revoke Or Further Limit, Condition Or Restrict A Previously Issued Prior Authorization While It Remains Valid Under This Act Unless Certain Exclusions Are Applicable; To Provide How Long Prior Authorization Approvals Shall Be Valid; To Provide How Long The Prior Authorizations For Chronic Conditions Shall Be Valid; To Establish The Procedure For The Continuity Of Prior Approvals From Previous Health Insurance Issuers To Current Issuers; To Provide That A Failure By A Health Insurance Issuer To Comply With The Deadlines And Other Requirements Specified In This Act Shall Result In Any Health Care Services Subject To Review To Be Automatically Deemed Authorized By The Health Insurance Issuer Or Its Contracted Private Review Agent; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Insurance To Impose Upon A Private Review Agent, Health Benefit Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer An Administrative Fine Not To Exceed $10,000 Per Violation Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Report To The Department Certain Data; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Notify The Commissioner Of Insurance Of Suspected Submissions Of False Requests For Prior Authorization; To Require The Commissioner To Have An Administrative Hearing On Such Matters To Resolve The Issue; To Amend Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 41-83-31, 83-1-101 And 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-83-5, 41-83-7, 41-83-9, 41-83-11, 41-83-15, 41-83-17, 41-83-19, 41-83-23, 41-83-25, 41-83-27 And 41-83-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2925 - Bolivar County; authorize contributions to Bolivar County Community Action Agency and Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Willie Simmons
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize The Board Of Supervisors Of Bolivar County, Mississippi, To Contribute Funds To The Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc., And The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2256 - Child pornography and obscenity; provide liability for publishers and distributors of.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joey Fillingane
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide That Any Commercial Entity That Knowingly And Intentionally Publishes Or Distributes Obscene Matter, Or Matter That Depicts, Describes Or Promotes Child Pornography Or Child Sexual Exploitation On The Internet May Be Held Liable To An Individual For Nominal Damages, Actual Damages, Punitive Damages, Court Costs And Reasonable Attorney Fees; To Provide That No Internet Service Provider, Affiliate Or Subsidiary Of An Internet Service Provider, Search Engine, Or Cloud Service Provider Shall Be Held To Have Violated The Provisions Of This Act Solely For Providing Access Or Connection To Or From A Website Or Other Information Or Content On The Internet, Or A Facility, System, Or Network Not Under That Provider's Control To The Extent That Such Provider Is Not Responsible For The Creation Of The Content That Is Obscene Matter, Or Matter That Depicts, Describes Or Promotes Child Pornography Or Child Sexual Exploitation; To Authorize The Attorney General To Seek Injunctive Relief Against A Commercial Entity That Fails To Comply With The Provisions Of This Act; To Authorize The Attorney General To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Assist Commercial Entities To Comply With This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2773 - Medicaid provisions; extend date of repeal on certain provisions and bring forward for possible amendments.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Bring Forward Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Medicaid Beneficiary Eligibility For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Medicaid Services, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Certain Provisions; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Medicaid Hospital Assessment, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Certain Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2243 - Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three-year-old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rod Hickman
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Early Learning Collaborative Act To Authorize Three-year-old Children To Attend Voluntary Prekindergarten; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC544 - Opposing proposed changes to OSHA Worker Representative Designation Process.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angela Burks Hill, Tyler McCaughn, Andy Berry
Last updated 4 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Recognizing The Need To Protect Workplace Safety And Private Property Rights From Infringement By Proposed Changes To The Osha Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process.
STATUS
Failed
SB2495 - County boards of supervisors; may designate board attorney to serve as hearing officer in disputes regarding delinquent solid waste fees.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dean Kirby, Josh Harkins, Brian Rhodes
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 19-5-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Board Of Supervisors To Designate The Attorney For The Board Of Supervisors To Serve As A Hearing Officer In Disputes Regarding Delinquent Solid Waste Fees; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SR13 - Recognize Earl Poole Ball as the recipient of the 2024 Governor's Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John Horhn, Juan Barnett, Andy Berry
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Senate To Internationally Renowned Pianist, Singer-songwriter, Music Producer And Actor Earl Poole Ball, Jr., Of Austin, Texas, As The Recipient Of The 2024 Governor's Arts Award For Lifetime Achievement.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2356 - Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter, Sr.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Albert Butler, Rod Hickman, Barbara Blackmon
Last updated 4 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Edward Carter, Sr., Of Claiborne County, Mississippi.
STATUS
Failed
SB2172 - Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Enact A Minimum Wage Law For The State Of Mississippi, With Annual Incremental Increases Over A Three-year Period; To Define Employers And Employees Subject To The Minimum Wage Law; To Empower The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, Office Of The Governor, To Enforce And Administer The Provisions Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Provide Criminal Penalties And A Civil Cause Of Action Against Employers For Violations Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Amend Section 17-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipal And County Governing Authorities, In Their Discretion, To Mandate A Wage That Is More Than The State Minimum Wage; To Amend Section 25-3-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2240 - Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 73-25-1, 73-25-3, 73-25-5, 73-25-14, 73-25-17, 73-25-21, 73-25-23, 73-25-27, 73-25-28, 73-25-29, 73-25-30, 73-25-31, 73-25-32, 73-25-33, 73-25-34, 73-25-53, 73-25-55, 73-25-57, 73-25-59, 73-25-61, 73-25-63, 73-25-65, 73-25-83, 73-25-87, 73-25-89 And 73-25-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Definitions Under The Medical Practice Act; To Clarify Certain Procedures To Obtain A License To Practice Medicine; To Provide For Electronic Notice Of License Renewal; To Provide Procedures For Physicians To Request Retired Status; To Clarify Procedures For The Issuance Of A Temporary License To Practice Medicine; To Clarify Procedures For Issuance Of A License By Reciprocity; To Revise Certain Procedures For Disciplinary Action Against Licenses, The Issuance Of Subpoenas By The Board Of Medical Licensure, The Grounds For Disciplinary Action, The Options Available To The Board Following Disciplinary Hearings Against Licensees, And Petitions For Reinstatement Of Licenses; To Clarify The Action Of The Unlawful Practice Of Medicine And The Authority Of The Board To Seek Injunctive Relief; To Delete A Certain Exception To Licensure; To Include Behavioral Conduct That Could Be Addressed By Treatment To The List Of Reasons A Licensee Shall Be Subject To Restriction Of Their License; To Clarify Certain Procedures Under The Disabled Physician Law; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Revise Disciplinary Action That The Board Is Authorized To Take, Including Placing A Licensee On Probation Or Imposing A Punitive Fine; To Provide That A Hearing Must Be Held Within 30 Days If The Board Determines That A Physician's Continuation Of Practice Is An Immediate Danger; To Exclude Individuals Engaged Solely In The Practice Of Midwifery From The Chapter; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Create New Section 73-43-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Physician Health Program To Provide Performance Statistics To The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To Amend Section 73-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Additional Members Of The Board Who Shall Be Members Of The Public Not Related To The Healthcare Industry; To Repeal Sections 73-25-7, 73-25-9, 73-25-15, 73-25-19, 73-25-25, 73-25-39 And 73-25-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Require The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Meet At The Capitol At Least Once Each Year For The Purpose Of Examining Applicants; Which Provides For The Fee Charged By The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Apply For A License To Practice; Which Provides For The Procedures For Lost Medical Licenses; Which Provides For Certain Provisions Related To Nonresident Physicians; Which Provides For Certain Procedures For Those Desiring To Practice Osteopathic Medicine In The State; Which Allows The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Contract For The Acquisition Of Books And Other Records; Which Provides A Technical Reference To The Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2430 - Independent schools; authorize the creation of police departments.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeremy England
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize The Governing Body Of An Educational Entity To Establish A Police Department; To Authorize The Governing Body Of An Educational Entity To Appoint Qualified Individuals To Serve As Law Enforcement Officers Upon Any Premises Owned Or Leased By The Educational Entity And Under The Jurisdiction Of The Governing Body; To Authorize The Department Of Public Safety To Promulgate Restrictions And Conditions Upon The Exercise Of Authority Under This Section; To Require The Governing Board Of The Employing Educational Entity To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding With A Local Law Enforcement Agency To Hold And Maintain The Certification Of An Educational Entity's Law Enforcement Officer; To Provide The Certification Standards And The Duties Of A Law Enforcement Officer Of An Educational Entity; To Provide That The Salary Of An Educational Entity Law Enforcement Officer Shall Be Paid By The Employing Educational Entity's Governing Body; To Provide That An Officer Shall Serve At The Will And Pleasure Of The Governing Body; To Provide For A Limitation Of Liability For A Law Enforcement Officer Of An Educational Entity; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Train Law Enforcement Officers Of An Educational Entity In Crisis De-escalation Techniques At The Expense Of The Educational Entity; Amend Sections 45-5-5, 45-5-11 And 45-6-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC532 - Commend the life of U.S. Marine Sergeant Harold Hammett of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, lost in World War II Battle Tarawa.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris Johnson, Robin Robinson, Joey Fillingane
Last updated 6 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Remembering The Gallant Service And Commending The Life Of United States Marine Corps Sergeant Harold Hammett Who Was Lost In Action On November 20, 1943, At The Battle Of Tarawa In World War Ii And Whose Remains Were Returned For Burial In Mississippi, And Expressing The Sympathy Of The Legislature.
STATUS
Passed