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SB2629 - Waters of the state; bring forward code sections for possible amendment.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Bring Forward Sections 1-3-31, 3-3-1, 11-33-9, 17-17-29, 21-17-1, 21-27-163, 21-27-203, 21-27-205, 21-27-217, 27-31-1, 27-55-53, 27-55-547, 27-55-559, 27-57-41, 27-65-22, 27-65-101, 29-7-3, 29-15-1, 33-15-1, 37-138-27, 41-67-2, 49-1-29, 49-2-13, 49-7-9, 49-7-9.1, 49-7-49, 49-7-80, 49-7-81, 49-7-153, 49-9-5, 49-9-7, 49-9-15, 49-15-1, 49-15-15, 49-15-17, 49-15-21, 49-15-27, 49-15-29, 49-15-34, 49-15-64.3, 49-15-46, 49-15-64.5, 49-15-47, 49-15-63, 49-15-75, 9-15-80, 49-15-81, 49-15-84.1, 49-15-86, 49-15-95, 49-15-100, 49-15-100.1, 49-15-100.3, 49-15-101, 49-15-309, 49-15-313, 49-17-1, 49-17-3, 49-17-5, 49-17-7, 49-17-13, 49-17-14, 49-17-16, 49-17-17, 49-17-19, 49-17-21, 49-17-22, 49-17-23, 49-17-25, 49-17-26, 49-17-27, 49-17-28, 49-17-29, 49-17-30, 49-17-31, 49-17-32, 49-17-33, 49-17-34, 49-17-35, 49-17-36, 49-17-37, 49-17-39, 49-17-41, 49-17-42, 49-17-43, 49-17-44, 49-17-44.1, 49-17-45, 49-17-61, 49-17-63, 49-17-65, 49-17-67, 49-17-68, 49-17-69, 49-17-70, 49-17-71, 49-17-73, 49-17-75, 49-17-77, 49-17-81, 49-17-83, 49-17-85, 49-17-86, 49-17-87, 49-17-89, 49-17-101, 49-17-103, 49-17-105, 49-17-107, 49-17-108, 49-17-109, 49-17-111, 49-17-113, 49-17-115, 49-17-117, 49-17-119, 49-17-121, 49-17-123, 49-17-401, 49-17-403, 49-17-405, 49-17-407, 49-17-409, 49-17-411, 49-17-413, 49-17-415, 49-17-419, 49-17-421, 49-17-422, 49-17-423, 49-17-425, 49-17-427, 49-17-429, 49-17-431, 49-17-433, 49-17-435, 49-17-501, 49-17-503, 49-17-505, 49-17-507, 49-17-509, 49-17-511, 49-17-513, 49-17-515, 49-17-516, 49-17-517, 49-17-518, 49-17-519, 49-17-521, 49-17-523, 49-17-525, 49-17-527, 49-17-529, 49-17-531, 49-17-601, 49-17-603, 49-17-701, 49-17-703, 49-17-705, 49-17-707, 49-17-709, 49-17-711, 49-17-713, 49-17-717, 49-17-719, 49-17-721, 49-17-723, 49-17-725, 49-17-727, 49-17-729, 49-17-731, 49-17-733, 49-17-735, 49-17-737, 49-17-739, 49-17-741, 49-17-743, 49-17-745, 49-17-747, 49-17-749, 49-17-751, 49-17-753, 49-17-755, 49-17-757, 49-17-759, 49-17-761, 49-17-763, 49-17-765, 49-17-767, 49-17-769, 49-17-771, 49-17-773, 49-17-775, 49-27-71, 49-35-23, 51-1-1, 51-3-1, 51-3-7, 51-1-4, 51-2-3, 51-3-13, 51-3-21, 51-3-39, 51-4-7, 51-9-5, 51-9-103, 51-9-121, 51-13-101, 51-35-303, 53-3-71, 53-3-165, 53-7-35, 53-11-3, 55-7-1, 55-7-15, 57-15-1, 59-21-3, 59-21-5, 59-21-25, 59-21-51, 59-21-81, 59-21-83, 59-21-87, 59-21-89, 59-21-111, 59-21-117, 59-21-119, 59-21-129, 59-21-161, 59-23-7, 59-25-3, 61-3-15, 61-21-3, 69-27-3, 71-3-5, 79-21-5, 79-21-53, 89-17-9, 89-17-25, 97-15-30 And 97-35-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Failed
SB2649 - Department of Environmental Quality; provide additional powers to Executive Director.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 49-2-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Executive Director Of The Department Of Environmental Quality To Enter Into Contracts For The Purpose Of Obtaining Assistance With The Review, Evaluation, And Processing Of Permit And Certification Applications; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Department Of Environmental Quality An Exception To Procurement Review Processes For Such Contracts; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2725 - University System Efficiency Task Force; create to examine the efficiency of the state public university system.
Nicole Akins Boyd, Scott DeLano, Michael W. McLendon
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The "mississippi University System Efficiency Task Force" Created To Examine The Efficiency And Effectiveness Of The Public University System In Mississippi, As It Relates To The Universities' Collective Mission Of Enrolling And Graduating More Degreed Mississippians And Retaining Them In The State, And Anticipated Nationwide Challenges With Regard To Demographic Shifts And A Projected Overall Decline In Enrollment; To Require The Task Force To Develop Recommendations To The Legislature On Changes To Policy And Laws In Mississippi With A Goal Of Increasing The Efficiency Of The Public University System In The State; To Set The Membership Of The Task Force; To Provide For Other Provisions Related Thereto, Including Per Diem And Voting; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2744 - Community mental health centers; rename and require certain oversight measures by Department of Mental Health.
Nicole Akins Boyd, Jeremy England, Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 41-4-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Department Of Mental Health Shall Promulgate A Rating Scale With Performance Indicators For Community Mental Health Authorities; To Require The Department To Perform A Performance Review Audit At Least Once Every Two Years; To Provide That The Department May Place Regional Commissions Or Community Mental Health Centers On Probationary Status; To Provide That If The Community Mental Health Center Does Not Achieve A Passing Score On The Performance Audit After The Probationary Period, The Regional Commission Shall Replace The Community Mental Health Center's Executive Director And Any Other Officers Identified By The Department With Contractors; To Provide That The Contractor Shall Remain In Place Until The Department Determines That The Community Mental Health Center Has Attained Sustained Compliance With The Performance Standard; To Provide That No Rules, Regulations, Operational Standards, Performance Standards, Or Other Standards Promulgated By The State Board Of Mental Health Or The State Department Of Mental Health Shall Be Construed To Create A Cause Of Action; To Amend Section 41-19-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Certain Requirements Of Regional Commissions Establishing Community Mental Health Centers; To Require Community Mental Health Centers To Provide A Report To The Board Of Supervisors Of Each County In Its Region; To Require Community Mental Health Centers To Provide Certain Mental Health Services; To Establish Procedures Related To Pre-affidavit Screenings For Civil Commitments; To Set Certain Reporting Requirements Of Community Mental Health Centers To The Department Of Mental Health, Including Salary Data And Cash Balances; To Provide That The Department May Direct Control Of The Community Mental Health Center's Excess Cash Balance In Certain Circumstances Where The Authority Is Not In Compliance; To Amend Section 41-19-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Mental Health Regional Commissions To Be Established With A Set Composition Of Members If Each Board Of Supervisors Of The Counties Participating In A Particular Regional Commission Agrees To Such Composition As Evidenced By Resolutions Adopted By Each Board; To Amend Section 41-21-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Interested Person Shall Be Directed To The Community Mental Health Center For A Pre-affidavit Screening Prior To Filing An Affidavit For Commitment Of An Individual; To Require An Affidavit For Commitment Of An Individual To State That Less Restrictive Alternative Treatment Was Considered And Specify Why Treatment Less Restrictive Than Involuntary Commitment Is Not Appropriate; To Amend Section 41-21-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Required Pre-affidavit Screening To Be Conducted By The Community Mental Health Center In The County Of Financial Responsibility; To Require The Investigation To Include Certain Components; To Provide That The Screening Team Shall Have Access To All Relevant Medical Records Of The Proposed Patient; To Require The Pre-affidavit Screener To Provide Written Notice To Certain Entities; To Authorize An Interested Person To Make Direct Petition To A Chancellor Where The Pre-affidavit Screener Does Not Recommend Commitment; To Provide That A Jail Or Other Detention Center May Not Be Used For Custody Unless Certain Conditions Are Met; To Prohibit Law Enforcement Or Any Other Person From Bringing Criminal Charges Against A Person Who Is Mentally Ill And In Need Of Treatment Pursuant To This Chapter Solely Or Primarily Because The Person Is Mentally Ill Or Because Of The Unavailability Of A State Hospital Bed; To Amend Section 41-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit Commitment In A State-operated Facility; To Provide That If A Person Is Receiving Treatment For A Mental Illness Or An Intellectual Disability In A Treatment Facility At The Time Of The Hearing, The Person May Not Be Committed To A State-operated Facility Unless Certain Facts Are Established By Clear And Convincing Evidence; To Prohibit A Person Who Has Been Judicially Committed Under This Section From Being Held In A Jail Or Other Detention Facility While Awaiting Admission To A State-operated Facility; To Provide That The County Of Residence Of Any Such Person Shall Pay The Cost Of Interim Treatment; To Amend Section 41-21-68, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Amend Section 41-21-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Jail Or Detention Center May Not Be Used For Persons Who Are Awaiting Admission Unless The Community Mental Health Center Has Exhausted The Availability Of Other Appropriate Facilities, The Chancellor Specifically Authorizes It, And The Respondent Is Actively Violent; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Section 41-21-68, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows Regional Mental Health Commissions To Establish Regional Holding Facilities For Those Held By Civil Commitment; To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From The Public Procurement Review Board Any Personal Or Professional Services Contract Entered Into By The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health In Contracting For Staff Of Community Mental Health Centers That It Is Replacing In Accordance With This Act; To Require Peer And The Department Of Mental Health To Report Certain Information To The Legislature Each Year; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2783 - Health insurance; prohibit modifications on renewal of covered and prescribed prescription drug's contracted benefit level.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Prohibit Health Insurance Plans From Modifying, On Renewal, An Insured's Contracted Benefit Level For Any Prescription Drug That Was Approved Or Covered Under The Plan In The Immediately Preceding Plan Year And Prescribed During That Year For A Mental Illness; To List Modifications Prohibited; To Clarify What Is Not Prohibited; And For Related Purposes.
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Failed
SB2782 - The Mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program; create and set provisions related thereto.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-7-1001, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms Related To Catastrophe Savings Accounts, Including Disaster Mitigation Expenses And Disaster Recovery Expenses; To Amend Section 27-7-1003, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Limits On The Total Amount That May Be Contributed To A Catastrophe Savings Account Is An Annual Limit; To Amend Section 27-7-1005, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Catastrophe Savings Accounts May Be Used For Qualified Disaster Mitigation Expenses; To Amend Section 83-1-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program Trust Fund Shall Fund The Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program; To Add "wind" To The Mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; To Delete The Repealer; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Designated As The "mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program Trust Fund; To Amend Section 83-2-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Funds For The Mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program; To Transfer Five Million Dollars From The Surplus Lines Association To The Mississippi Comprehensive Hurricane And Wind Damage Mitigation Program Trust Fund; And For Related Purposes.
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Failed
SB2911 - Sales tax revenue; divert 2% from activities at Coast Coliseum and State Fairgrounds for repairs to those entities.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Divert 2% Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected On Activities At The Mississippi Coast Coliseum And Convention Center To The Mississippi Coast Coliseum And Convention Trust Fund; To Provide That Such Funds Shall Be Spent Solely To Defray The Costs Of Capital Improvements Or Major Repairs To The Coliseum And Convention Center; To Divert 2% Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected On Activities At The Mississippi State Fairgrounds To A Special Fund Managed By The Department Of Agriculture And Commerce For The Benefit Of The State Fairgrounds; To Provide That Such Funds Shall Be Spent Solely To Defray The Costs Of Capital Improvements Or Major Repairs To The State Fairgrounds; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2900 - Motor vehicle titles; revise certain provisions regarding.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 63-21-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Requirements For Transferring A Motor Vehicle To Be Scrapped, Dismantled Or Destroyed When The Owner Or Authorized Agent Of The Owner Does Not Have The Motor Vehicle Titled In His Or Her Name; To Amend Section 63-21-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Electronic Transmission Of Liens; To Amend Section 63-21-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Scrappers And Dismantlers With Access To The Mississippi Automated Registration Vehicle Information Network (marvin) With Payment Of A $100.00 Fee To The Department Of Revenue, Which Shall Be Renewed Annually; To Amend Section 63-21-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify The Fund Created Within The State Treasury For Funds Used For Enforcement And Personnel As The "motor Titles Registration Enforcement Fund"; To Amend Section 63-21-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create An Enforcement Division Within The Motor Vehicle Services Bureau Within The Department Of Revenue; And For Related Purposes.
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Failed
SB2912 - Department of Archives and History; revise appointing authority for members of the Board of Trustees and Director.
Scott DeLano
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 39-5-3 And 39-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Appointing Authority For Members Of The Board Of Trustees And The Director Of The Department Of Archives And History; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SR94 - Recognize Becky Pruett as former Miss Mississippi 2001 and commend child advocacy contributions.
Chris Johnson, Scott DeLano, Jeremy England
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing Honorable Becky Pruett, Assistant District Attorney For The 12th Mississippi Circuit Court District, As Former Miss Mississippi 2001 And Commending Her Child Advocacy And Civic Contributions.
STATUS
Passed
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