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SB3164 - Appropriation; additional to DFA-Bureau of Buildings, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Department Of Finance And Administration Bureau Of Building, Grounds, And Real Property Management For Allowable Capital Projects Under The American Rescue Plan Act For The Period Beginning On Passage And Ending On June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2636 - Memorial marker; place near the Clay Street exit ramp off I20 West for Jarod Squire and Derico Davis.
W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Place A Memorial Marker At Or Near The Clay Street Exit In Vicksburg, Mississippi, In Memory Of The Late Firefighter And Paramedic Jarod Squire And Emt Derico Davis; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2631 - State property; amend MDAC ability to expend funding for the Ag Museum and clarify the location of state fairgrounds.
Neil S. Whaley, Charles A. Younger, W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 69-1-48, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Agriculture's Authority To Budget For Improvements To Department Property And Marketing And Promotion Programs Shall Be At The State Fairgrounds And The Mississippi Agriculture And Forestry Museum In Jackson, Mississippi, Upon Appropriation Of The Legislature And For Purposes As Otherwise Appropriated By The Legislature; To Require The Department To Obtain The Written Approval Of Certain Persons Prior To Entering Into A Lease Providing For Naming Rights Of Property Under This Section; To Delete The Authority Of The Department To Escalate Certain Funds; To Amend Sections 69-5-3, 69-5-7, 69-5-8, 69-5-11, 69-5-13, 69-5-27, 69-5-31, 39-17-5, 39-23-3, 39-23-5, 45-1-19, 25-3-25, 29-5-81, 27-19-56.489, 29-5-2, 27-104-7 And 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2693 - Failing schools and districts of transformation; revise certain provisions related thereto.
W. Briggs Hopson, Joseph C. Thomas, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or School Districts To Be Placed Into Such Districts; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Mississippi Recovery School Districts, School Boards Of Failing Schools And Elections Of Members Of Failing School Boards; To Provide That Districts That Are Placed Into District Transformation Shall Be Eligible To Return To Local Control When The District Has Attained A "c" Rating Or Higher For Three Consecutive Years; To Create New Section 37-17-6.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Related To The Mississippi Achievement School District Which Includes The Yazoo City Municipal School District And The Humphreys County School District; To Provide Certain Timelines On The Transition Of Such Districts Into Districts Of Transformation; To Provide That The Board Of Education Shall Have The Authority To Determine When Such District Is Ready To Be Reconstituted, Reorganized And Returned To Local Control; To Delete Certain Outdated Language; To Amend Section 37-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Date Of Repeal On The Section; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Failing Schools; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Repeal Section 37-17-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Mississippi Achievement School District, On July 1, 2025; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2848 - ARPA programs; revise related programs, provide procedure of unobligated funds, and transfer certain funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, Albert Butler
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund The Full Amount Of Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Are Remaining In The Local Fund On July 1, 2024; To Provide That Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund After July 1, 2024, Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Authorize The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Federal Government Any Funds In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Have Not Been Used For The Purpose For Which They Were Received; To Amend Section 37-106-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Eligibility For The Skilled Nursing Home And Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program; To Amend Section 41-3-16.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department Of Health's Distribution Of Funds Appropriated To The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; To Require The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Certain Funds; To Create The "arpa-mdot Maintenance Project Fund" As A Special Fund Within The State Treasury; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer Certain Funds To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer Certain Funds To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2843 - Building Fund for the Arts; authorize Mississippi Arts Commission to retain monies for administrative costs.
W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 39-11-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Mississippi Arts Commission To Retain A Percentage Amount Of The Monies In The Building Fund For The Arts To Defray Administrative Costs Associated With Administering The Grant Program Under This Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2844 - Variable Compensation Plan; make certain amendments.
W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 25-9-147, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Legislature, Upon Consultation With The State Personnel Board, To Develop Salary Funding Levels For Each State Agency Under The Purview Of The State Personnel Board; To Require An Agency Under The Purview Of The State Personnel Board To Ensure That All Personal Services Actions And Payroll Will Not Exceed The Salary Funding Levels Provided By The State Personnel Board; To Require An Agency To Contact The State Personnel Board, The Legislative Budget Office And The State Fiscal Officer To Request A Revised Salary Funding Level If The Agency Determines That The Salary Funding Level Is Insufficient; To Authorize The State Personnel Board To Approve Or Deny Requests To Revise The Salary Funding Levels; To Require The State Personnel Board To Send Notification To Certain Entities When The State Personnel Board Approves Or Denies A Request To Revise An Agency's Salary Funding Level; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2738 - State employees health plan; set provisions and restrictions related to pharmacy benefit manager.
Walter Michel, W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-15-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Revisions Related To The State And School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; To Provide That When A Proposal Is Under The Board's Evaluation For Pharmacy Benefits Or The Management Thereof, The Executive Director Of The Mississippi Board Of Pharmacy Shall Be One Of The Members Of The Evaluation Committee Of The Board; To Amend Section 25-15-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Executive Director Of The Board Of Pharmacy As A Member Of The Management Board; To Create New Section 25-15-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Certain Definitions Related To The Act, Including The Definitions Of Clean Claims, Pharmacy Benefit Plan, Pharmacy Benefit Management Plan ("pbm") And Rebate; To Provide That The Act Shall Only Apply To The Pbm And Its Affiliate That Administer The State Health Plan; To Create New Section 25-15-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Pbm Shall Not Reimburse A Pharmacy Or Pharmacist For A Prescription Drug Or Pharmacist Service In A Net Amount Less Than The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost For The Prescription Drug Or Pharmacist Service In Effect At The Time That The Drug Or Service Is Administered Or Dispensed, Plus A Professional Dispensing Fee At Least Equal To The Professional Dispensing Fee Paid By The Mississippi Division Of Medicaid For Outpatient Drugs; To Prohibit Pbms From Charging A Plan Sponsor More For A Prescription Drug Than The Net Amount It Pays A Pharmacy For The Prescription Drug; To Require Pbms To Pay Clean Claims Within A Certain Time Constraint; To Provide Certain Exceptions From This Time Constraint; To Provide That If The Board Finds That Any Pbm, Agent Or Other Party Responsible For Reimbursement For Prescription Drugs And Other Products Has Not Paid Ninety-five Percent Of Clean Claims Received From All Pharmacies In A Calendar Quarter, He Shall Be Subject To Administrative Penalty Of Not More Than $25,000.00 To Be Assessed By The Board; To Authorize The Board To Adopt Rules And Regulations Necessary To Ensure Compliance With This Act; To Authorize A Network Pharmacy Or Pharmacist To Decline To Provide A Brand Name Drug, Multisource Generic Drug, Or Service, If The Network Pharmacy Or Pharmacist Is Paid Less Than That Network Pharmacy's Cost For The Prescription; To Create New Section 25-15-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Certain Requirements Related To Pbm, Including That The Pbm Must Provide A Reasonable Administrative Appeal Procedure; To Authorize The Board To Audit Pbms; To Require A Pbm To Reimburse A Pharmacy Or Pharmacist An Amount Less Than The Amount That The Pbm Reimburses A Pbm Affiliate For Providing The Same Pharmacist Services; To Create New Section 25-15-311, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pbms To Obtain A License From The Board Of Pharmacy; To Create New Section 25-15-313, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pbms To Pass On To The Plan 100% Of All Rebates And Other Payments That It Receives Directly Or Indirectly From Pharmaceutical Manufacturers In Connection With Claims Or Plan Administration On Behalf Of The Plan; To Prohibit A Pbm Or Third-party Payer From Charging Or Causing A Patient To Pay A Copayment That Exceeds The Total Reimbursement Paid By The Pbm To The Pharmacy; To Create New Section 25-15-315, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Pharmacy, Pbm, Or Pbm Affiliate From Taking Certain Actions, Including Making Referrals Or Interfering With A Patient's Right To Choose Their Pharmacy; To Create New Section 25-15-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pbms From Retaliating Against A Pharmacist Or Pharmacy Based On The Pharmacist's Or Pharmacy's Exercise Of Any Right Or Remedy Under This Act; To Create New Section 25-15-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Bring An Action Against A Pbm Or Pbm Affiliate To Restrain By Temporary Or Permanent Injunction The Use Of Any Method That Is Prohibited By This Act; To Authorize The Board To Impose A Monetary Penalty On Any Pbm Found To Be In Noncompliance; To Create New Section 25-15-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That On The Request By Any Agency Of The State Of Mississippi, Or Any Political Subdivision Of The State Or Any Other Public Entity, A Pbm Shall Deliver Or Otherwise Make Available To The Requesting Agency Or Entity, In Its Entirety And With No Redaction, Any Third-party Aggregator Contracts Or Contracts Relating To Pbm Services; To Provide That Any Entity That Does Not Comply With This Section Shall Be Barred For Five Years From Doing Business In The State; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2847 - Short-line railroads; authorize towns to acquire, restore, construct, own, operate and dispose of.
W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize Each Town In The State Of Mississippi With A Short-line Railroad Partially Within Its Town Limits To Carry Out And Implement, By And Through Its Governing Authorities, The Acquisition, Restoration, Construction, Ownership, Operation And Disposition Of Such Short-line Railroad; To Define Terms; To Provide For The Reversion Of The Short-line Railroad To The Prior Owner If A Successor Governing Authority Of The Town Chooses To Terminate The Short-line Railroad Project Or Transfer Ownership Of An Acquired Short-line Railroad; The Enumeration Of Any Specific Rights And Powers Contained In This Act Shall Be Construed Broadly To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2846 - Appropriations; make technical revisions to certain transfers and provisions related to local projects.
W. Briggs Hopson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 28, Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Make Technical Amendments To Clarify And Correct Certain Names And Purposes Of Various Projects Funded From Disbursements From The 2023 Local Improvements Project Fund; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Amend The Purpose Of The Use Of Funds Received By Jackson State University From The 2022 Ihl Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-185, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Desoto County Infrastructure Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-187, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Lafayette County Infrastructure Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 65-1-189, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision Referencing The Department Of Finance And Administration And Appropriation By The Legislature From The Procedure For The Use Of Funds From The 2023 Gulfport Commerce Corridor Fund; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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