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SR48 - Commend Olive Branch High School "Conquistadors" Boys Basketball Team for winning the Class 6A State Title.
Kevin Blackwell, Michael W. McLendon, David Parker
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Olive Branch High School "conquistadors" (quistors) Boys Basketball Team And Head Coach Eric Rombaugh For Winning The Mhsaa Class 6a State Championship.
STATUS
Passed
SC541 - Encourage further economic ties between Mississippi and Taiwan.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Chad Mcmahan, Hillman Terome Frazier
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Encouraging Further Economic Ties And Friendship Between The State Of Mississippi And The Republic Of China (taiwan).
STATUS
Passed
SB2824 - Mental health facilities; provide for licensure of certain, and provide for Medicaid coverage for services provided.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide For The Licensure And Regulation Of Adult Residential Treatment Facilities And Adult Supportive Residential Facilities By The State Department Of Mental Health; To Direct The State Board Of Mental Health To Adopt Rules Providing For Facility Requirements And Minimum Programmatic, Staffing And Operational Requirements Of Services Offered At The Facilities; To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person, Partnership, Association, Corporation Or Other Entity To Own Or Operate An Adult Mental Health Facility Without Having Applied For And Obtained A License From The Department; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Mental Health Services Provided By Adult Residential Treatment Facilities And Adult Supportive Residential Facilities Shall Be Covered Under The Medicaid Program; To Prescribe The Initial Fee Schedules For The Four Levels Of Care Provided In Those Facilities; To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Apply For A Federal Waiver As Necessary To Allow For The Implementation Of The Provisions Of This Act; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On That Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2851 - Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Walter Michel, Derrick T. Simmons, Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
40 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 83-1-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations From Insurance Regulation; To Provide That A Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organization May Provide Coverage For Healthcare Benefits Or Services For Its Members And Their Families Pursuant To Contracts Between Members And The Organization Or Its Affiliates; To Provide That A Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organization Or Its Affiliate Shall Have A Designated Individual Who, In Consultation With The State Insurance Department, Operates As An Ombudsman To Address Concerns From Insured Members Regarding The Namo Plan; To Provide That The State Insurance Department Shall Have The Authority To Review And Comment On The Complaint, Provided That All Complaints Shall Be Investigated And Resolved Solely By The Ombudsman And Namo Or Its Designee; To Provide Certain Requirements For Namo Plans; To Provide That Healthcare Benefits Or Services May Be Sold Or Solicited Only By An Insurance Producer Who Is Both Appointed By An Organization Meeting The Requirements Of This Act And Licensed As An Insurance Producer To Sell Or Solicit Accident And Health Insurance In This State; To Amend Section 83-1-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2735 - Medicaid reimbursement, services, beneficiaries, hospital assessment and premium tax; bring forward sections.
Kevin Blackwell, John Horhn, Gary Brumfield
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Bring Forward Sections 27-15-103, 27-15-109, 27-15-115 And 27-15-129, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Certain Premium Taxes Applied To Certain Insurance Entities; To Bring Forward Sections 43-13-5, 43-13-11, 43-13-105, 43-13-107, 43-13-111, 43-13-113, 43-13-115, 43-13-116, 43-13-117, 43-13-117.1, 43-13-121, 43-13-122, 43-13-123, 43-13-126, 43-13-133, 43-13-143, 43-13-145 And 43-13-147, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Various Provisions Related To The Division Of Medicaid, Reimbursement, Beneficiaries, Hospital Assessment And The Children's Health Insurance Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2791 - Real Estate Commission; allow to issue voluntary use of real estate licensees in residential transactions.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 73-35-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Mississippi Real Estate Commission To Promulgate Rules, Regulations And Forms For Voluntary Use Of Mississippi Real Estate Licensees In Residential Real Estate Transactions In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2823 - Medicaid; revise various technical provisions related thereto, including reimbursement levels and facility eligibility.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Eligibility, To Conform With Federal Law To Allow Children In Foster Care To Be Eligible Until Their 26th Birthday; To Authorize The Division Of Medicaid To Apply For A Federal Family Planning Waiver Or To Amend Its State Plan For Such Purpose; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No 970, 2024 Regular Session, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Services, To Comply With Federal Law; To Provide That The Division Of Medicaid Shall Update The Case-mix Payment System And Fair Rental Reimbursement System As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Revise Certain Provisions Related To Family Planning Services, Including That Contraceptives May Be Prescribed And Dispensed In 12-month Supply Increments; To Require The Division To Submit A Waiver By July 1, 2024, To Cms To Authorize The Division To Conduct Less Frequent Medical Redeterminations For Eligible Children Who Have Certain Long-term Or Chronic Conditions That Do Not Need To Be Reidentified Every Year; To Delete Technical Provisions Related To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Require The Division To Reimburse Pediatricians For Certain Primary Care Services As Defined By The Division At 100% Of The Rate Established Under Medicare; To Require The Division, In Consultation With The Mississippi Hospital Association, To Develop Alternative Models For Distribution Of Medical Claims And Supplemental Payments For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services; To Provide That Supplemental Payments To A Hospital Shall Not Decrease By More Than 5% When Compared To A Hospital's Prior Year Payment Unless That Hospital Has Closed, Or Changed Services Or Patient Volume Which Impact That Hospital's Payment, And The Division Shall Not Substantially Change The Methodologies Used To Calculate A Hospital's Supplemental Payment; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Provisions That Provide For Certain Reimbursements To Any Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Provide That The Division Shall Contract With The State Department Of Health To Provide Perinatal High-risk Management/infant Services System For Any Eligible Beneficiary That Cannot Receive Such Services Under A Different Program; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse For Services At Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Such Section; To Require The Division To Cover A Continuing Glucose Monitoring (cgm) Service As A Pharmacy Benefit When Certain Conditions Are Met; To Include Additional Licensed Providers In The Division's Upper Payment Limits Program; To Authorize The Division To Provide Reimbursement For Neuromuscular Tongue Muscle Stimulator For The Reduction Of Snoring And Obstructive Sleep Apnea; To Require The Division To Develop And Implement A Method For Reimbursement Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Based On A Continuum Of Care For Best Practices In Medically Necessary Early Intervention Treatment; To Provide That The Division May Reimburse Ambulatory Surgical Care (asc) Based On 100% Of The Medicare Asc Payment System Rate In Effect July 1 Of Each Year As Set By The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Require The Division To Reimburse Ambulance Transportation Service Providers That Provide An Assessment, Triage, Treat Or Transport Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries To An Alternative Destination In This State Or Provide An Assessment Or Treat Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries In Place; To Set Certain Reimbursement Levels For Such Providers; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Related To Medicaid And Third-party Benefits To Comply With Federal Law; To Amend Section 43-11-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Adult Day Care Facility; To Amend Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Beginning July 1, 2025, To Operate An Adult Day Care Center In Mississippi, A Facility Provider Shall Be Licensed With The Licensing Division Of The State Department Of Health; To Establish That Mississippi Medicaid Waiver Providers Are Required To Have A State License And Have A Medicaid Provider Contract With The Division Of Medicaid; To Amend Section 43-13-117.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division To Reimburse Adult Day Care Centers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2876 - Cosmetology and barbers; merge with changes requested from boards.
Kevin Blackwell, Chad Mcmahan, Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Sections 73-7-1, 73-7-2, 73-7-3, 73-7-7, 73-7-9, 73-7-11, 73-7-12, 73-7-13, 73-7-14, 73-7-15, 73-7-16, 73-7-17, 73-7-18, 73-7-19, 73-7-21, 73-7-23, 73-7-25, 73-7-27, 73-7-29, 73-7-31, 73-7-33, 73-7-35, 73-7-37, And Create New Sections 73-7-14.1, 73-7-14.2, 73-7-39 And 73-7-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Merge The State Board Of Cosmetology And The State Board Of Barbering Into The State Board Of Cosmetology And Barbering; To Provide For The Membership Of The Board; To Provide For The Appointment Of The Executive Director; To Revise The Licensing Requirements Of Barbers And Cosmetologists; To Require Certain Continuing Education; To Set Certain Prohibitions; To Provide That The Board May Charge A License Fee; To Set The Barbering And Cosmetology School Requirements; To Set Certain Violations, Penalties, And Fines; To Make Technical Amendments To Conform; To Repeal Sections 73-5-1 Through 73-5-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The State Board Of Barber Examiners; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2922 - Medical Cannabis Act; revise various provisions related thereto.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 41-137-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Definitions Related To The Medical Cannabis Act, Including "concentrate," "debilitating Medical Conditions," Medical Cannabis "unit" And "homebound"; To Amend Section 41-137-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Written Certifications To Be Issued To Homebound Patients Through A Telemedicine Assessment; To Authorize Telemedicine Appointments For Follow-up Visits For Any Qualifying Patient; To Amend Section 41-137-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Nonresident Cardholders Into The Presumption That The Individual Is Engaged In The Medical Use Of Cannabis Under This Chapter If They Have A Registry Identification Card And An Amount Of Medical Cannabis That Does Not Exceed The Allowable Amount; To Amend Section 41-137-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Licensed Medical Cannabis Establishment To Deliver Medical Cannabis Directly From A Dispensary To A Nursing Facility, Hospital, Hospice, Assisted Living Facility, Personal Care Home, Adult Day Care Facility, If A Registered Qualifying Patient Is Otherwise Unable To Obtain Medical Cannabis; To Provide That An Employee Of Such Facility May Receive The Medical Cannabis And Ensure That The Patient Receives The Medical Cannabis Without Being Required To Obtain A Work Permit Or Be Licensed As A Practitioner Under The Act; To Amend Section 41-137-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Prospective Designated Caregiver Has Already Completed A Background Check As A Condition Of Any Other Provision Of The Act, The Caregiver Shall Not Have To Complete An Additional Background Check; To Amend Section 41-137-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Amend Section 41-137-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Health To Contract With A Private Laboratory For The Purpose Of Conducting Compliance Testing Oversight Of Medical Cannabis Testing Facilities Licensed In The State; To Authorize The National Center For Cannabis Research And Education At The University Of Mississippi To Contract With, Engage Or Otherwise Perform Research In Tandem With Any Medical Cannabis Establishment; To Provide That Each Licensed Cannabis Processing Facility Shall Obtain Gmp Certification By July 1, 2027, And Shall Present Proof Of Such Certification To The Mdoh By Such Date; To Provide That From And After July 1, 2024, Until July 1, 2025, The Mdoh Shall Not Issue Any New Licenses For Cannabis Cultivation Facilities Or Cannabis Processing Facilities; Provided, However, Any Applicant That Has Filed An Application With Mdoh But Has Not Received A License By July 1, 2024, May Receive A License If Mdoh Deems The Application Completed By July 1, 2024; To Require Mdor And Mdoh To Include Certain Questions On Any Application For A License Under The Act; To Amend Section 41-137-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That From And After July 1, 2024, Until July 1, 2025, A Licensing Agency Shall Not Issue A Waiver From The Distance Requirement For Cannabis Establishments From Churches, Schools Or Child Care Facilities; To Amend Section 41-137-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Medical Cannabis Establishments To Employ Individuals Above The Age Of 18; To Revise The Allowable Amount Of Medical Cannabis And Allowable Amount Of Total Thc; To Require That A Certificate Of Analysis For Each Medical Cannabis Product Be Made Available To A Patient If Requested; To Revise Certain Age Limitations Related To The Act; To Provide That Mdoh And Mdor Shall Require Any Individual With A Work Permit To Complete Educational Training Within 90 Days Of Being Issued A Work Permit; To Require Mdoh And Mdor To Promulgate An Approved "responsible Vendor" List Of All Approved Educational Training Vendors; To Require Individuals With Work Permits To Complete Continuing Education As A Condition Of Maintaining Their Work Permit; To Amend Section 41-137-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Advertising Standards, Including The Media Formats That Medical Cannabis Establishments May Be Allowed To Advertise On; To Require Mdoh And Mdor To Adopt Standards And Protocol Development For The Safe Delivery Of Medical Cannabis By Cannabis Transportation Entities From A Medical Cannabis Dispensary To Registered Qualifying Patients Who Are Homebound Or Who Are Otherwise In The Care Of Any Nursing Facility, Hospital, Hospice And Assisted Living; To Require Mdor To Adopt Procedures To Allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries To Process And Accept Orders For Delivery Or In-store Pick-up For Medical Cannabis Placed Through A Website, Application Or Other Internet-based Ordering System; To Amend Section 41-137-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Additional Members To The Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee; To Create New Section 41-137-68, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Mdoh Shall Engage With Its Respective Counterparts In Other States Who Have Medical Cannabis Programs To Evaluate The Feasibility Of Creating An Interstate Monitoring System To Enforce The Provisions Of This Chapter; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2888 - Medical Cannabis Research Advisory Board; enact and create the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program.
Kevin Blackwell, Robert Jackson, Reginald Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program At The National Center For Cannabis Research And Education At The University Of Mississippi; To Set Certain Duties And Responsibilities Of The Program; To Require The University Of Mississippi To Provide Staff For The Program; To Require Certain Research To Be Conducted At The Program; To Establish The Medical Cannabis Research Advisory Board, Which Shall Be The Committee That Is Required To Advise The Legislature About Medical Cannabis And Cannabis Products, Patient Care, Services And Industry; To Provide For The Membership Of The Board; To Provide The Board's Responsibilities; To Authorize The Board To Receive Per Diem Subject To Appropriation; To Require The Department Of Health To Report To The Public Health And Welfare Committees Of The Mississippi State Senate And The House Of Representatives On Information Provided By The Program For Medical Cannabis Research; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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