Bill > HB719

This bill mandates that the Mississippi State Department of Health ensure a nurse practitioner, a healthcare professional with advanced training and licensing, is present at every county health department for at least one day each week to provide free contraceptive supplies and prescriptions to individuals, with no cost to the recipient. It also clarifies definitions within the relevant state code, establishing "Department" as the State Department of Health and defining "nurse practitioner," and expands the authority of nurse practitioners, alongside physicians, to provide contraceptive supplies and information to minors who are parents, married, have parental consent, or are referred by specific professionals or institutions, aiming to improve access to family planning services across the state.

Health and Social Services

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0719.xml