Committee

Mississippi House Public Health and Human Services Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
HB32 DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants. Dead 01/10/2025
HB37 Death certificate; APRNs and physician assistants may sign instead of physician in certain circumstances. Dead 01/10/2025
HB44 Health plans; prohibit from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic fund transfers. Dead 01/10/2025
HB50 Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health. Dead 01/10/2025
HB84 Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers. Dead 01/10/2025
HB85 Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). Dead 01/10/2025
HB98 Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions related to, including collaboration requirement. Dead 01/10/2025
HB116 Alzheimer's disease and dementia; require State Department of Health to include education into existing public health programs. Dead 01/10/2025
HB120 Minors; prohibit health care providers and institutions from providing health care to without parental consent. Dead 01/10/2025
HB126 TANF benefits; remove certain restrictions and penalties for applicants and recipients. Dead 01/10/2025
HB127 TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level. Dead 01/10/2025
HB128 TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings. Dead 01/10/2025
HB129 TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits. Dead 01/10/2025
HB130 TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers. Dead 01/10/2025
HB131 MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties. Dead 01/10/2025
HB134 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit amount for. Dead 01/10/2025
HB140 "Mobile Personal Hygiene Pilot Program Act of 2025"; create and authorize JSU to administer. Dead 01/10/2025
HB154 Helping Heroes Act; create to provide support to first responders and public EMS personnel diagnosed with PTSD. Dead 01/10/2025
HB193 Electronic health records; certain test results not disclosed to patient as part of until 72 hours after results are finalized. Dead 01/10/2025
HB215 Essential health care workers premium pay; Department of Health to create program using any available funds. Dead 01/10/2025
HB251 CON; increase minimum dollar amounts of capital expenditures that require issuance of. Dead 01/10/2025
HB252 Pharmacists; authorize to test for and administer treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions. Dead 01/10/2025
HB254 CON; remove chemical dependency services and facilities and psychiatric residential treatment facilities from CON law. Dead 01/10/2025
HB277 SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education. Dead 01/10/2025
HB285 CON; authorize for nursing home in Jones County. Dead 01/10/2025
HB303 Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training. Dead 01/10/2025
HB309 Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients. Dead 01/10/2025
HB314 Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. Dead 01/10/2025
HB353 Mental health; require DMH to convert unused IDD beds to be used for alcohol and drug use services. Dead 01/10/2025
HB361 Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2025; create. Dead 01/10/2025
HB367 Rural hospital transfer to major hospital; prescribe certain conditions on such transfer when doctor deems medically necessary. Dead 01/10/2025
HB379 Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. Dead 01/10/2025
HB380 Healthcare Coordinating Council; reconstitute and require to make report on specific health goals for the state. Dead 01/10/2025
HB383 DHS; direct to reinstate program of providing meals to older individuals in community setting. Dead 01/10/2025
HB403 No Patient Left Alone Act; create. Dead 01/10/2025
HB407 Mental health; authorize Department of Mental Health to establish minimum standards and services for privately-owned providers. Dead 01/10/2025
HB413 Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk. Dead 01/10/2025
HB430 CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law. Dead 01/10/2025
HB444 Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties. Dead 01/10/2025
HB448 Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission. Dead 01/10/2025
HB449 CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees. Dead 01/10/2025
HB455 Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability. Dead 01/10/2025
HB457 African American Resident Physician Scholarship Program; establish. Dead 01/10/2025
HB459 CON; direct issuance for an existing ambulatory surgical facility in Canton, MS. Dead 01/10/2025
HB465 Mississippi Tele-emergency Services Grant Program; create. Dead 01/10/2025
HB470 Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility. Dead 01/10/2025
HB473 Department of Child Protection Services; require to create certain transition-aged youth aftercare housing program. Dead 01/10/2025
HB508 Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups. Dead 01/10/2025
HB511 Chronic diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs in certain counties. Dead 01/10/2025
HB522 Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to. Dead 01/10/2025
HB531 MS Rural Dentist Scholarship Program; increase number of students who may be admitted annually. Dead 01/10/2025
HB563 Child care; create exemption to State Department of Health licensure for certain church facilities. Dead 01/15/2025
HB568 TANF; increase maximum amount of the monthly benefit for recipients of. Dead 01/15/2025
HB569 CON; revise conditions for long-term care hospital in Harrison County to allow participation in Medicaid. Vetoed 01/15/2025
HB570 Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies. Dead 01/15/2025
HB572 Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; create and provide funding for. Dead 01/15/2025
HB573 Mississippi Helping Ensure Alternative Law Enforcement Transportation for Healing (MissHEALTH) Pilot Program; establish for mental health crisis. Dead 01/15/2025
HB587 CON; remove intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from CON law. Dead 01/15/2025
HB589 Mental Health; revise appointment of Board of Mental Health and Executive Director. Dead 01/15/2025
HB592 No Patient Left Alone Act; create. Dead 01/15/2025
HB593 Rural Physicians Retention Loan Repayment Program; create. Dead 01/15/2025
HB601 Board of Nursing; revise membership of. Dead 01/15/2025
HB610 Nonemergency medical transportation; define certain terms in statute requiring vehicle permits and establishing standards. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/15/2025
HB616 Abortion; prohibit mail order medicines to procure an. Dead 01/15/2025
HB620 Nurses; allow nurse practitioners and RNs to administer vitamins through IV therapy in a clinical setting. Dead 01/15/2025
HB621 CON; Health Department shall issue for beds in a community living program for developmentally disabled adults in Madison County. Dead 01/15/2025
HB627 Forgivable loan programs; revise authority of Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board to administer and repeal unfunded programs. Dead 01/15/2025
HB630 Hospice and Palliative Care Study and Advisory Committee Act; create. Dead 01/15/2025
HB643 Newborn screening program; include cytomegalovirus (CMV) in conditions tested for. Dead 01/15/2025
HB670 Social Work Licensure Compact; create. Dead 01/15/2025
HB671 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend period during which expenses incurred by hospitals for ICU beds may be reimbursed under. Dead 01/15/2025
HB672 Behavioral Threat Assessment Program; require State Department of Education and Department of Mental Health to establish. Dead 01/15/2025
HB674 Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; create. Dead 01/15/2025
HB675 Genetic counselors; provide for licensure and regulation of by State Board of Health. Dead 01/15/2025
HB676 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for certification of CMHCs as. Dead 01/15/2025
HB681 Dental and medical records; require practices to offer to patients upon expiration of prescribed retention period. Dead 01/15/2025
HB696 EMTs; authorize those with law enforcement agency special teams to perform certain advanced medical procedures. Dead 01/15/2025
HB718 Opioid use disorder; require substance use disorder facilities to provide pregnant women with onsite access to certain treatments. Dead 01/15/2025
HB747 CON; Health Department shall issue for construction of an acute care hospital in Tunica County. Dead 01/15/2025
HB762 COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations; prohibit until Health Department conducts study and determines they are safe. Dead 01/15/2025
HB807 Mental health; establish Division of Autism Services within Department of Mental Health. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/16/2025
HB813 Nurse practitioners; authorize certain to practice to the full extent of their education and training if they provide services to Medicaid recipients. Dead 01/16/2025
HB848 Opioid Settlement Fund Committee; create to disburse opioid litigation settlement monies. Dead 01/16/2025
HB849 CRNAs; exempt from collaborative agreement, and license anesthesiologist assistants. Dead 01/16/2025
HB856 Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/16/2025
HB858 Dietician Licensure Compact; create. Dead 01/16/2025
HB859 Social Work Licensure Compact; create. Dead 01/16/2025
HB867 County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide free contraceptive supplies. Dead 01/16/2025
HB872 Health Care Facility Right to Visit Act; create. Dead 01/17/2025
HB873 Screening and approval program for retail sale of products containing certain substances; establish. Dead 01/17/2025
HB881 Physical therapists; not required to have prior work experience to work at PPEC center. Dead 01/17/2025
HB892 Food deserts; require State Department of Health to track in Mississippi. Dead 01/17/2025
HB922 Certificate of need laws; revise various provisions of. Dead 01/17/2025
HB927 Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. Dead 01/17/2025
HB928 Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault. Dead 01/17/2025
HB955 MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on. Dead 01/17/2025
HB974 Anesthesiologist assistants; provide for licensure and regulation by Board of Medical Licensure. Dead 01/17/2025
HB996 Tobacco tax; tax vapor products and use revenue for certain mental health purposes. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1025 Preeclampsia; Health Department prepare materials about complications of pregnancy due to, which providers shall provide to pregnant women. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1036 State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1039 Food labeling; require any food containing an mRNA vaccines to be clearly and conspicuously labeled. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1051 Certified nurse aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1057 Certified nurse midwives; not required to have written collaborative agreement with physician to practice as. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1062 Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/17/2025
HB1063 MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/17/2025
HB1064 Public purchasing laws; exempt the Department of Mental Health from certain. Dead 01/17/2025
HB1094 Department of Health; exempt certain contracts relating to the Public Health Lab from PPRB approval. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/20/2025
HB1136 Department of Mental Health; establish grant program to assist with crisis stabilization unit expenses. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1152 CON; certain health care facilities that relinquished CON for inpatient psych services may have those beds licensed as separate entity. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1159 Parental consent for medical treatment and instruction in human sexuality; require for students in K-12. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1190 MS First Responder PTSD and Suicide Prevention Task Force; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1210 Trauma care system; increase certain assessments and fees to fund. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1213 Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1217 TANF funds; DHS shall use certain amount of each year to fund grants for providing marriage counseling to military and first responder families. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1219 "McElroy-Brown Hygiene and Menstrual Care Access Act; enact to establish program to provide students access to free hygiene and menstrual care products. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1232 Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1251 Mississippi Hemoglobin A1c Screening Coverage Act; create and require health insurance coverage for. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1262 Nursing; authorize military medics to take exam to be licensed as an LPN. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/20/2025
HB1288 Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1289 Fire extinguishers; provide for regulation and servicing of. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1299 Intimate medical examinations; require health care professionals to meet certain requirements regarding. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1315 MS Dementia Care Pilot Program; extend period of operation and bring forward other sections. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1317 Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act and prohibitions against deceptive advertising; extend repealers on. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1342 Physicians; certain physicians must complete CME in cultural competence and implicit bias to receive renewal license. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1346 Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Community Advisory Council on Homelessness; create within DHS. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1347 Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1354 Public Health Trust Fund; create in Treasury for State Department of Health. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1357 Advanced practice registered nurses; revise provisions relating to the collaborative relationship requirement. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1363 TANF benefits; DHS shall require compliance with work requirements or educational or vocational advancement before granting. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1365 mRNA vaccinations; prohibit use of in food products and livestock intended for human consumption. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1374 Patient Privacy and Medical Recording Protection Act; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1379 Community hospital boards of trustees; bring forward section with powers of. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1386 Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1390 Affordable prescription drugs; create task force to study impact of alternative funding programs on patient access to. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1392 MS Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act; revise provisions related to. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1399 Peer Helpers PLUS Act; create to provide counseling, education and mental health intervention in public schools. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1402 Vital records; fees for certain may be used by Board of Health for public health programs. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1404 Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/20/2025
HB1415 Certified nurse aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1418 The Right to Contraception Act; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1422 Vaccine Discrimination and Transparency Act; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1430 Prescription drugs; prohibit licensing boards from prohibiting practitioners from prescribing for off-label use. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1437 Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1447 Department of Health; authorize to increase fees for water quality analysis as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/20/2025
HB1466 Veterinary technician; bring forward code sections related to certification of. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1474 Department of Health; require to conduct a review of quality of medical care provided to inmates of Department of Corrections. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1493 Dietician Licensure Compact; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1496 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for Certification of CMHCs as. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1498 MS Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task force; create. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1515 State Board of Dental Examiners; clarify powers and duties relating to practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1540 Nursing facilities and assisted living facilities; Health Dept. shall inspect to determine compliance with rules for emergency power sources. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1551 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; create within Department of Health. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1558 Personal care homes; increase maximum number and % of residents who may continue residing there regardless of determination that they need nursing care. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1560 Burn centers; hospitals receiving funds from Burn Care Fund must have a certified center, and such funds shall be equitably distributed. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1571 Vaccine exemption; authorize for religious, philosophical or conscientious reasons. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1572 State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1573 Nursing facilities and assisted living facilities; Health Dept shall inspect to determine compliance with rules for emergency power sources. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1576 Birthing centers; delete requirement to have written transfer agreement with a hospital in order to be licensed. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1606 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; revise composition of members of. Dead 01/20/2025
HB1631 Comprehensive Reproductive Health and Education Act; create. Dead 01/22/2025
SB2075 Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority. Dead 02/13/2025
SB2438 Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact. Dead 02/18/2025
SB2664 Dietitian Licensure Compact; ratify. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2679 Department of Human Services; allow agency discretion for establishing or using certain federal reporting systems. Dead 02/13/2025
SB2681 Medicaid reimbursements and CON; revise provisions regarding facilities in DeSoto, Harrison and Madison Counties. Dead 02/14/2025
SB2690 Health Care Expendable Fund; delete repealer on. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/13/2025
SB2691 MS Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act; amend to prohibit the sale of tobacco or tobacco products to those under age 21. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/11/2025
SB2695 Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2696 Public Health Laboratory; exempt from Public Procurement Review Board approval requirement for certain contracts. Dead 02/17/2025
SB2697 COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend expenditure period of. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/10/2025
SB2698 MS Dementia Care Program; extend period of operation of. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/13/2025
SB2699 Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act & prohibitions against deceptive advertising by providers; delete repealers on. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2704 Annual inspection of the infirmary at the State Penitentiary at Parchman; require State Department of Health to conduct. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/10/2025
SB2712 Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; enact. Dead 02/14/2025
SB2727 Social Work Licensure Compact; enact. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2729 "Mississippi Public Health Trust Fund"; establish to support public health programs funded from medical cannabis taxes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2731 Psychologists; extend repealer on licensure law related to. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2741 Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/18/2025
SB2743 Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other recordkeeping and statistics. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2748 Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; revise provisions related to. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/17/2025
SB2750 DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess community mental health centers. Dead 02/13/2025
SB2753 MDH; direct to incorporate brain health, Alzheimer's disease and dementia education into existing public health programs. Dead 02/13/2025
SB2767 The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; create. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/14/2025
SB2874 Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to. Dead 02/17/2025
SB2879 Nonprofit animal shelters; require recordkeeping and the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption. Dead 02/17/2025
SB2886 Mississippi Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team Law; enact. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/14/2025