Mississippi 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB649
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Require School Districts To Install Video Surveillance Cameras Equipped With Audio Reception Technology In Certain Areas Of Schools For The Safety And Well-being Of Exceptional Students; To Limit Viewing Access Of Recorded Surveillance To Certain District And Individual School-facility Licensed Personnel; To Require School Districts To Protect The Privacy And Identity Of Students Captured In The Surveillance Who Are Not The Subject Of Incidents Giving Rise To An Investigation Or Litigation; To Authorize The School District To Contract With Any Company Or Individual, Independent Of The School District, To Provide Surveillance Monitoring Service; To Require The School District, Acting Through The Local School Board, To Employ Certain Procedures Prior To Awarding The Contract For Monitoring Services; To Eliminate The Need For School Districts To Employ Security Personnel Or Require The Immediate Presence Of Law Enforcement Officers On School Premises Equipped With Surveillance Cameras; To Bring Forward Section 37-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes A School Safety Grant Program, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB65
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Failed
2/23/22
An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To The City Of Tupelo, Mississippi, To Use For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To Helping Hands Food Pantry To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Repair And Renovation Of Its Building And Related Facilities In Tupelo, Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB650
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Revise Absentee Voting Procedures For Students Enrolled At A College, University Or Community Or Junior College; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Student Enrolled At A College, University Or Community Or Junior College Shall Not Be Required To Have An Application For An Absentee Ballot Notarized Or Signed By An Official Authorized To Administer Oaths For Absentee Balloting; To Provide That The Student Shall Sign The Application In The Proper Place And Have An Employee Of The Office Of The Registrar For The College, University Or Community Or Junior College Where The Student Is Enrolled Witness His Or Her Signature And Sign The Application In The Proper Place; To Provide That Such Employee Shall Not Be Required To Have The Authority To Administer An Oath; To Amend Section 23-15-631, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Student Enrolled At A College, University Or Community Or Junior College Shall Not Be Required To Have His Or Her Absentee Ballot Envelope Notarized Or Signed By An Official Authorized To Administer Oaths For Absentee Balloting; To Provide That The Attesting Witness Shall Be An Employee Of The Office Of The Registrar For The College, University Or Community Or Junior College Where The Student Is Enrolled And Shall Not Be Required To Have The Authority To Administer An Oath; To Amend Sections 23-15-715 And 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB651
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The "mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law" May Be Referred To As The "kindergarten Increases Diplomas (kids) Act" To Revise The Definition Of The Term "compulsory-school-age Child" To Include Children Who Attain The Age Of Five Years Before August 1 Under The Compulsory School Attendance Law; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB652
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A School District To Employ A Nonlicensed Person To Teach In A Core Subject Area Whenever The District Is Unable To Secure A Qualified, Licensed Teacher For The Subject; To Require The Nonlicensed Teacher To Become Licensed Within Three Years Of Employment; To Limit The Maximum Number Of Nonlicensed Teachers That May Be Employed In A Single School; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB653
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Hinds County Among The Counties Where Teachers Possessing A Master Teacher Certificate From The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards And Who Are Employed In A Public School District In Such Counties, Shall Be Eligible To Receive An Additional $4,000.00 Salary Supplement; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB654
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Online Voter Registration For First-time Voters; To Amend Sections 23-15-13, 23-15-35, 23-15-37, 23-15-39, 23-15-41 And 23-15-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB655
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That When Any Person, As Lienholder, Secured Party, Assignee, Or Otherwise, Possesses Or Has Any Vehicle Insurance Policy Made Payable To The Person, Or Other Person As That Person's Interest May Appear, Then The Insurance As To The Interest Of The Lienholder, Secured Party, Assignee Or Other Person Named In The Policy Shall Not Be Invalidated By An Intentional Act Or Omission Of The Owner Of The Vehicle So Insured; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB656
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Establish A Mississippi Gospel Music Commission To Develop A Plan To Promote Authentic Mississippi "gospel" Music And "gospel Music Culture" For Purposes Of Economic Development; To Prescribe The Functions And Duties Of The Commission; To Empower The Commission To Accept And Expend Grant Funds; To Provide For Interdepartmental Cooperation; To Authorize And Direct The Division Of Tourism Of The Mississippi Development Authority To Establish A Statewide Mississippi "gospel Music Trail" Infrastructure To Offer To Tourists And Targeted Groups A Structured Tour Of Mississippi Gospel Music Historical Sites And Performance Venues; To Authorize The Division To Designate And Erect Appropriate "mississippi Gospel Music Trail" Historical Markers; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB657
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/11/22
Enrolled
4/4/22
Passed
4/18/22
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Prohibits The Division Of Medicaid's Rates Of Reimbursement, Services, Charges And Fees From Being Increased, Decreased Or Otherwise Changed Unless They Are Authorized By An Amendment To This Section By The Legislature; To Establish A Procedure For The Medicaid Committees Of The House And Senate To Review Proposed Changes In Provider Rates Of Reimbursement Or Payment Methodologies By The Division Of Medicaid Before The Changes Will Take Effect; To Require The Division To Increase The Amount Of The Reimbursement Rate For Restorative Dental Services For Fiscal Years 2023, 2024 And 2025 By 5% Above The Amount Of The Reimbursement Rate For The Previous Fiscal Year; To Set Requirements For The Reimbursement Of Durable Medical Equipment, Including Noninvasive Ventilators Or Ventilation Treatments Properly Ordered And Being Used In An Appropriate Care Setting; To Require Reimbursement To Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers For Home Use Of Noninvasive And Invasive Ventilators To Be On A Continuous Monthly Payment Basis For The Duration Of Medical Need Throughout A Patient's Valid Prescription Period; To Require The Division To Establish A Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program Or Another Allowable Delivery System Authorized By Federal Law For Emergency Ambulance Transportation Providers; To Provide For The Formula That The Division Shall Use For Calculating Ambulance Service Access Payment Amounts; To Provide That The Division Shall Reimburse For Outpatient Hospital Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of 21 By Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospitals; To Require The Division To Evaluate The Feasibility Of Using A Single Vendor To Administer Dental Benefits Provided Under A Managed Care Delivery System; To Provide That Planning And Development Districts Participating In The Home- And Community-based Services Program For The Elderly And Disabled As Case Management Providers Shall Be Reimbursed For Case Management Services At The Maximum Rate Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Require The Division To Reimburse For Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries By A Licensed Birthing Center In A Method And Manner To Be Determined By The Division In Accordance With Federal Laws And Federal Regulations; To Require The Division To Seek Any Necessary Waivers, Make Any Required Amendments To Its State Plan Or Revise Any Managed Care Contracts Authorized Under This Section As Necessary To Provide Such Birthing Center Services; To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Procedure For The Medicaid Committees Of The House And Senate To Review Proposed State Plan Amendments Of The Division Of Medicaid Before The Proposed State Plan Amendments Are Filed With The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Provide That The Medicaid Committees Have No Authority Under The Preceding Provisions To Veto Or Revise Any Proposed Actions By The Division Of Medicaid, But Are Limited To Reviewing, Making Objections To And Making Recommendations For Suggested Changes To Proposed Actions By The Division; To Amend Section 43-13-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If Any State Plan Amendment Submitted To Comply With The Provisions Of Section 43-13-117 Is Disapproved By The United States Department Of Health And Human Services, The Division May Operate Under The State Plan As Previously Approved By The United States Department Of Health And Human Services In Order To Preserve Federal Matching Funds; To Require The Division To Provide Notice Of The Disapproval To The Chairmen Of The House And Senate Medicaid Committees; To Amend Sections 41-71-1 And 41-71-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants And Clinical Nurse Specialists To Prescribe Or Order Home Health Services And Plans Of Care, Certify And Recertify Eligibility For Home Health Services And Conduct The Required Initial Face-to-face Visit With The Recipient Of The Services; To Provide That The Amendments In The Act Are Retroactive To May 8, 2020; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB658
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/16/22
Failed
3/28/22
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision In The Medicaid Services Section That Freezes Medicaid Provider Rates Of Reimbursement At The Levels In Effect On July 1, 2021; To Establish A Procedure For The Medicaid And Appropriations Committees Of The House And Senate To Review Proposed Changes In Provider Rates Of Reimbursement By The Division Of Medicaid Before The Changes Will Take Effect; To Provide That The Committees Have No Authority To Veto Or Revise Any Proposed Rate Change, But Are Limited To Reviewing, Making Objections To And Making Recommendations For Suggested Changes To Rate Changes Proposed By The Division; To Prohibit The Division Of Medicaid From Executing A Contract Or Making Capitated Payments For Services With Any Entity That Has Executed A Settlement Agreement With The State Of Mississippi Or Any Other State Related To Allegations Of Fraud, Waste, Abuse Or Overpayments In The State's Medicaid Program; To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Select A Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation In Addition To The Managed Care Entities With Which The Division Has Contracted As Of January 1, 2022, To Provide Medicaid Services On A Capitated Basis Under A Managed Care Program Or Coordinated Care Program Implemented By The Division; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB659
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Be Known As The "medicaid Access And Opportunity Act Of 2022"; To Require The Executive Director Of The Division Of Medicaid To Present To The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker Of The House And Chairs Of The Senate And House Medicaid Committees A Feasibility Study Regarding The Application For And Use Of A Block Grant To Finance The State Medicaid Program; To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Deny Tanf Benefits To Families That Include An Adult Who Has Received Tanf Assistance For Twenty-four Months, Disregarding Any Months During Which Assistance Is Received By An Adult Recipient Who As A Minor Child Was Not A Head Of Household Or By A Foster Parent, An Unrelated Adult, Or A Nonparent Relative In A Child-only Case; To Create New Section 43-12-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Assign Certain Recipients Of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap) Benefits To An Employment And Training Program As A Condition Of Participation In The Program; To Create New Section 43-33-801, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Public Housing Authorities To Seek A Federal Waiver To Conduct A Screening Of Each Applicant For And Recipient Of Housing Benefits Administered By The Housing Authority To Determine If The Applicant Or Recipient Is Unemployed Or Underemployed And Able-bodied, And To Create An Employability Plan For Recipients Who Are Able-bodied And Either Unemployed Or Underemployed And Require Participation In The Plan As A Term Of Their Housing Benefits; To Create New Section 43-33-803, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Public Housing Authorities In The State To Distribute Housing Benefits And Select Applicants From Benefit Waiting Lists Giving The Highest Preference To Families Where All Able-bodied Adults In The Household Are Employed; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB66
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Waive The Cost Of Tuition At Any State Institution Of Higher Learning For Certain Foster Or Adopted Children Or Wards Of The State, Subject To Certain Conditions; To Require The Department Of Human Services, Upon The Request Of A State Institution Of Higher Learning, To Confirm The Eligibility Of Those Students Seeking To Participate In The Waiver Program; To Require Students To Complete The Free Application For Federal Student Aid To Determine The Level Of Need And Eligibility For State And Federal Financial Aid Programs; To Establish The Requirements For Eligibility; To Require The Department And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Make Reports To The Legislature On Certain Components Of The Tuition Waiver Program; To Require The Board To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Necessary For The Proper Administration Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB660
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/17/22
Enrolled
4/4/22
Passed
4/8/22
An Act To Amend Sections 57-119-9 And 57-119-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Public Schools Are Eligible For Assistance For Projects From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; To Amend Section 57-119-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Percentage Limitation On Assistance That May Be Provided From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund For The Cost Of Any Project Shall Not Apply To Projects For Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB661
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create An Incentive For Persons, Corporations Or Other Entities To Construct Hotels In This State; To Create The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; To Authorize Incentive Payments From Such Fund To Approved Participants That Incur Costs To Construct Hotels In This State; To Provide That Incentive Payments Shall Cease On The Occurrence Of The Earlier Of The Date That An Aggregate Amount Of 30% Of The Approved Project Costs Incurred By An Approved Participant For A Hotel Project Has Been Paid To The Approved Participant Or 15 Years After The Date The Hotel Project Opens For Commercial Operation; To Require The Mississippi Development Authority To Administer The Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Portion Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected From The Operation Of A Hotel Project Shall Be Deposited, After Certain Diversions, Into The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; And For Related Purposes.