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SR34 - Celebrate the legacy and memory of former Public Service Commissioner-Southern District Samuel F. (Sam) Britton.
Chris Johnson, Juan Barnett, Jason Barrett
Last updated 8 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Celebrating The Legacy And Memory Of Former Public Service Commissioner-southern District Samuel F. (sam) Britton And Extending The Sympathy Of The Mississippi Senate To His Surviving Family.
STATUS
Passed
SB2377 - Advanced practice registered nurse; revise collaboration requirement and board of nursing membership.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 73-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Statement Of Purpose Of The Mississippi Nursing Practice Law; To Amend Section 73-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Certain Definitions And Revise Certain Definitions In The Nursing Practice Law Regarding Advanced Nursing Practice; To Amend Section 73-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Composition Of The Mississippi Board Of Nursing; To Amend Section 73-15-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To The Practice Of Advanced Nursing Practice Nurses; To Provide That An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Shall Be Exempt From The Requirement Of Entering And Maintaining A Collaborative/consultative Relationship With A Licensed Physician Or Dentist After Completing 3,600 Practice Hours; To Provide That Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Shall Be Exempt From Maintaining A Collaborative/consultative Relationship With A Licensed Physician Or Dentist Upon Completion Of 8,000 Clinical Practice Hours; To Provide That Advanced Practice Registered Nurses And Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists May Apply Hours Worked Before The Effective Date Of This Act To Fulfill Their Respective Hour Requirement; To Conform Certain Provisions With The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; To Amend Section 73-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Provisions Relating To Grounds For Disciplinary Actions Against Nurses; To Amend Section 41-21-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2383 - Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create New Section 43-13-115.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Pregnant Women Shall Be Deemed To Be Presumptively Eligible For Ambulatory Prenatal Care Under Medicaid For Up To 60 Days If A Qualified Provider Determines, On The Basis Of Preliminary Information, That The Total Countable Net Family Income Of The Woman Does Not Exceed The Income Limits For Eligibility Of Pregnant Women; To Require Pregnant Women To Provide Proof Of Pregnancy And Documentation Of Monthly Family Income When Seeking A Determination Of Presumptive Eligibility; To Provide That Qualified Providers Are Those That Meet The Federal Definition Of Qualified Provider, Which Shall Include County Health Departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (fqhcs), And Other Entities Approved And Designated By The Division Of Medicaid To Conduct Presumptive Eligibility Determinations For Pregnant Women; To Require Pregnant Women Who Are Determined To Be Presumptively Eligible For Medicaid To Make Application For Medicaid By Not Later Than The Last Day Of The Month Following The Month During Which The Determination Is Made; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2453 - Inadequacy of service; authorizing the commission to cancel a municipality's certificate to provide service upon findings of.
Neil S. Whaley, Kevin Blackwell, Charles A. Younger
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 77-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Commission To Cancel A Municipality's Certificate To Provide Service Greater Than One Mile Outside Its Corporate Boundaries Upon A Finding That The Municipality Did Not Provide Reasonably Adequate Service; To Amend Section 77-3-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Municipally Owned Or Operated Electric Utilities Providing Service Greater Than One Mile Outside Of Municipal Boundaries; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2941 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to University of Mississippi for the Center for Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act Making An Appropriation To The University Of Mississippi For The Purpose Of Funding The Center For Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2409 - Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute and revise membership terms, change charter school funding formulas.
Charles A. Younger, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reconstitute The Charter School Authorizer Board To Establish Terms That, When Concluded, Minimize The Impact On The Board's Ability To Operate By Staggering Terms Of Members; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Charter School Authorizer Board May Receive Up To Three-percent Of Annual Per Pupil Allocations Received By A Charter School From State And Local Funds For Each Charter School It Authorizes; To Amend Section 37-28-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Charter School Authorizer May Grant Renewal Or Lessen The Renewal Term Based On The Performance Framework Set Forth In The Charter Contract; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify The Funding Formula For Charter Schools; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2483 - ABC Warehouse Construction Fund; prohibit spending from until DOR and DFA determine total project costs no more than $55M.
Charles A. Younger, Kevin Blackwell, Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 67-1-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That, Before Monies In The Abc Warehouse Construction Fund May Be Spent For Any Purchase Associated With Land Acquisition For, Or With The Design, Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of, A New Warehouse For The Department Of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, The Department Of Revenue And The Department Of Finance And Administration Must Determine That The Total Project Can Be Completed For The Amount Of Revenue Bonds Authorized In Section 7, Chapter 483, Laws Of 2022, To Be Issued For The Abc Warehouse Construction Fund, Which Amount Is $55,000,000.00; To Bring Forward Section 7, Chapter 483, Laws Of 2022, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2451 - Corrections; require implementation of improved model for projecting inmate population growth.
Charles A. Younger, Kevin Blackwell, Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 47-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Specific Data To Be Collected By The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Relative To Inmate Offense, Inmate Sentencing, Correctional Facility Inmate Population And Staffing, And Probation And Parolee Identification; To Direct The Department To Publish Datasets On A Confidential Basis; To Amend Section 47-5-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Commissioner Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Project Inmate Population Growth; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2508 - Coastal resiliency and restoration; create coordinating committee on.
Charles A. Younger, Kevin Blackwell, John A. Polk
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Sections 49-16-1, 49-16-3 And 49-16-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Coordinating Committee On Coastal Resiliency And Restoration; To Define Its Membership And Duties; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2484 - Master plan for coastal resiliency and restoration; provide for.
Charles A. Younger, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Sections 49-16-1 And 49-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources, And The Mississippi Development Authority To Develop A Plan For Coastal Resiliency And Restoration; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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