Mississippi 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB770
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/4/22
Enrolled
4/4/22
Passed
4/20/22
An Act To Create The Mississippi Equal Pay Act; To Provide Definitions For "employee", "employer", "wage", "rate", And "unpaid Wages"; To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide Remedies; To Provide The Time In Which A Civil Action Must Be Filed; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB771
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Paying An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of Another Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work Unless The Wage Differential Is Based Upon A Seniority System, A Merit System, A System Which Measures Earnings By Quantity Or Quality Of Production Or A Differential Based On Any Factor Other Than Sex; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB772
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide That An Employee May File A Petition In The Proper Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB773
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide That An Employee May File A Petition In The Proper Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB774
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide That An Employee May File A Petition In The Proper Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB775
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide That An Employee May File A Petition In The Proper Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB776
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Provide That No Employer Shall Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of The Opposite Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions; To Provide That An Employee May File A Petition In The Proper Circuit Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB777
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/23/22
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To The Office Against Interpersonal Violence (oaiv) For Fiscal Year 2023.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB778
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/17/22
Refer
2/23/22
Failed
4/5/22
An Act To Make An Additional Appropriation From The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety; To Provide That Such Funds May Only Be Spent On The Payment Of Death Benefits For Which The Cause Of Death Is A Death Covered Under The Safeguarding America's First Responders Act Of 2020; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB779
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/3/22
Refer
2/17/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Passed
3/10/22
An Act To Amend Section 45-2-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Definition Of Cause Of Death For The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund Includes Any Cause Of Death That Would Be Covered Under The Safeguarding America's First Responders Act Of 2020; To Provide For The Transfer Of Funds From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB78
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish A Trimester School Year Pilot Program; To Require The Board To Select Up To Twelve School Districts For Participation In The Program; To Require The Board To Report To The Chairmen Of The Education Committees Before January 1, 2025, On The Results Of The Pilot Program And The Desirability Of Implementing A Trimester Calendar In All Mississippi School Districts; To Require The Board To Establish The Annual School Calendar, Which Must Be No Less Than 225 Days, For School Districts Participating In The Pilot Program; To Prescribe The Core Curriculum For Students In School Districts Participating In The Pilot Program; To Require The Board To Increase The Adequate Education Program Allotment To School Districts Participating In The Pilot Program; To Amend Sections 37-9-24, 37-13-63, 37-13-67, 37-13-91, 37-151-5 And 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB780
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create New Sections 83-41-501 Through 83-41-517, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Exemption From Prior Authorization Requirements By Health Insurers For Physicians And Other Providers Who Provide Certain Health Care Services; To Provide That A Health Insurer That Uses A Prior Authorization Process For Health Care Services May Not Require A Physician Or Other Provider To Obtain Prior Authorization For A Particular Health Care Service If, In The Most Recent Six-month Evaluation Period, The Health Insurer Has Approved Or Would Have Approved Not Less Than 90 Percent Of The Prior Authorization Requests Submitted For The Particular Health Care Service; To Authorize A Health Insurer To Rescind An Exemption From Prior Authorization Requirements Only If The Health Insurer Makes A Determination, On The Basis Of A Retrospective Review Of A Random Sample Of Claims Submitted By The Physician Or Other Provider During The Most Recent Evaluation Period, That Less Than 90 Percent Of The Claims For The Particular Health Care Service Met The Medical Necessity Criteria That Would Have Been Used By The Health Insurer When Conducting Prior Authorization Review For The Particular Health Care Service During The Relevant Evaluation Period; To Provide That Such A Determination Must Be Made By An Individual Licensed To Practice Medicine In This State; To Provide That A Physician Or Other Provider Has A Right To A Review Of An Adverse Determination Regarding A Denial Or Rescission Of A Prior Authorization Exemption And That The Review Must Be Conducted By An Accredited Independent Review Organization; To Provide That A Health Insurer Shall Pay For Any Appeal Or Independent Review Of An Adverse Determination Regarding A Prior Authorization Exemption Requested By A Physician Or Other Provider; To Provide That A Health Insurer Is Bound By An Appeal Or Independent Review Determination That Does Not Affirm The Determination Made By The Health Insurer To Rescind Or Deny A Prior Authorization Exemption; To Provide That A Health Insurer Shall Not Deny Or Reduce Payment To A Physician Or Other Provider For A Health Care Service For Which The Physician Or Other Provider Has Qualified For An Exemption From Prior Authorization Requirements Based On Medical Necessity Or Appropriateness Of Care, Unless The Physician Or Other Provider Knowingly And Materially Misrepresented The Health Care Service In A Request For Payment Submitted To The Health Insurer With The Specific Intent To Deceive And Obtain An Unlawful Payment From The Health Insurer, Or Failed To Substantially Perform The Health Care Service; To Amend Sections 41-83-9, 41-83-31, 73-23-35, 83-9-6.3, 83-9-32, 83-9-353, 83-41-409 And 83-51-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB781
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create "the Digital Access Learning And Virtual Instruction Program Act Of 2022"; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Require The State Department Of Education To Annually Publish A List Of Approved Digital Learning And Virtual Instruction Program Providers That Offer Digital Learning Services And Provide The Same To The Chairmen Of The House And Senate Education Committees; To Prescribe The Required Components Of Digital Access Learning Or Virtual Instruction Environments; To Require The State Department Of Education To Annually Provide School Districts And Public Charter Schools With A List Of Providers Approved To Offer Digital Access Learning Or Virtual Instruction Programs; To Prescribe The Criteria Necessary For Digital Access Learning Or Virtual Instruction Programs To Be Approved By The Department; To Require A Two-year Phase-in Period For Full Implementation Of Digital Access Learning Or Virtual Instruction Programs In All Public School Districts And Public Charter Schools; To Provide That The 2022-2023 School Year Shall Be The Year Of Pilot Programs For Certain Districts And Charter Schools Selected By The Department Using Established Criteria; To Require All Public School Districts And Public Charter Schools To Provide Opportunities To All Students In Grades K-12 For Participation In Part-time And Full-time Digital Access Learning Or Virtual Instruction Program Options By The Start Of The 2023-2024 School Year; To Provide That An Approved Provider Shall Retain Its Approved Status For A Period Of Five Years After The Date Of The Department's Approval; To Require Each School District And Charter School To Include In Its Implementation Period Methods Of Facilitating The Transition To A Paperless Instruction Model That Provides For The Integration Of Certain Electronic Devices And Other Digital Mobile Devices Capable Of Connecting To The District's Or School's Wireless Technology Infrastructure; To Stipulate That The Model Shall Require Districts And Charter Schools To Provide A Wireless Technology Infrastructure Capable Of Supporting Aggregated And Segregated Communication Of Instructional Materials From Teachers To Each Student In The Educational Cohort Based On Grade And Classroom Assignment With Unrestricted Access To The Available Information; To Require Each Public School District And Public Charter School To Provide Each Student With An Assigned Digital Mobile Device Installed With The Necessary Instructional Materials Adopted By The Local School District As Components Of Its Curriculum Standards For Purposes Of Accessing And Performing All Coursework Assignments; To Require Each Public School District And Public Charter School To Purchase Licensure Agreements From The Publishers Of Electronic Instructional Materials For Use Of The Published Curriculum And Instruction Materials By Instructional Staff And Students; To Require Each School District Or Public Charter School To Maintain Insurance On Each Digital Mobile Device Purchased And Assigned To Students, Which Shall Remain The Property Of The School District Or Charter School; To Provide That Students Receiving A Digital Mobile Device And Their Parents Or Legal Guardian Shall Be Liable For The Payment Of Any Deductible Costs Required For Lost, Stolen, Damaged Or Destroyed Devices; To Amend Sections 37-161-3, 37-43-1, 37-43-19, 37-43-21, 37-43-23, 37-43-31, 37-43-37 And 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB782
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/23/22
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Assisting Cost Of The Parents Of At-risk Public School Students In Meeting The Financial Obligations Owed To The School District For The Cost Of Lost, Stolen Or Damaged Electronic Devices Assigned To The Student Under The School District's K-12 Educational One-to-one Program For The Fiscal Year 2023.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB783
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Exempt Active And Retired Public Employees Who Receive Direct Deposits Of Their Compensation Or Retirement Allowance From Bad Check Fees If The Sole Reason Their Account Was Overdrawn Was An Error In Funds Being Deposited In Their Account Caused By Their Employer Or The Retirement System; To Amend Sections 81-14-365, 97-19-57, 73-9-43, 73-34-45, 73-35-17, 73-60-29 And 75-67-122, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.