Mississippi 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2477
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create New Section 27-7-5.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The 2023 Mississippi Tax Rebate Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That Up To $250,000,000.00, Less Administrative Costs, Shall Be Distributed By The Department Of Revenue To Pay Rebates To Taxpayers, Which Monies Are To Be Continuously Appropriated; To Provide That, After Filing A 2022 Mississippi Income Tax Return, Any Taxpayer Who Also Filed A 2021 Mississippi Income Tax Return Shall Receive A One-time, Nontaxable Income Tax Rebate Check In An Amount Approximately Equal To 7-1/2% Of The 2021 Income Tax Amount Due, If Any, Before The Application Of Any Tax Credits, Or $50.00 Per Taxpayer And Each Dependent, Whichever Is More; To Provide A $1,000.00 Rebate Cap Per Taxpayer; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2478
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Are Receiving A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Are Elected As A Member Of The Legislature After Retirement, And Members Of The Legislature Who Are Eligible To Receive A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature, May Receive A Retirement Allowance From The System While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature In Addition To Receiving The Regular Compensation For Members Of The Legislature; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Not Be Active Members Of The Retirement System And Shall Not Receive Any Creditable Service For The Period During Which They Receive A Retirement Allowance While Serving As A Member Of The Legislature; To Amend Section 25-11-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Those Persons To Pay The Full Amount Of The Employee's Contributions On The Amount Of Compensation Received For Serving As A Member Of The Legislature; To Provide That Those Persons Will Not Receive Any Additional Creditable Service In The Retirement System As A Result Of The Payment Of The Employee's Contribution; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2479
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Sections 25-11-103, 25-11-105, 25-11-109, 25-11-111, 25-11-113, 25-11-114, 25-11-117, 25-11-311 And 25-11-315, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Vesting Period For Retirement Benefits In The Public Employees' Retirement System From Eight Years To Four Years; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2480
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act Making An Appropriation Of Capital Expense Funds To The Emergency Road And Bridge Repair Fund To Be Utilized By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation For The Fiscal Year 2024.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2481
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 27-7-22.31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow A Taxpayer To Elect A Rebate In Place Of The Historic Property Income Tax Credit At Any Time After Certification Of The Credit; To Provide That, If The Taxpayer Has Previously Utilized A Credit On The Income Tax Return, Then The Available Rebate Will Be Reduced By The Amount Of Credit; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2482
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Failed
2/28/23
An Act To Amend Section 63-21-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Department Of Revenue To Transmit Liens And Receive Lien Satisfactions Electronically; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2483
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2484
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/9/23
An Act To Amend Section 73-21-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define New Terms And Revise The Definitions Of Existing Terms Under The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Create New Section 73-21-154, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Certain Discriminatory Practices Relating To Entities Participating In The Federal 340b Drug Pricing Program; To Amend Section 73-21-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Reimbursing 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 The Drug Or Service Is Administered Or Dispensed, Plus A Professional Dispensing Fee; To Amend Section 73-21-156, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Provide A Reasonable Administrative Appeal Procedure To Allow Pharmacies To Challenge A Reimbursement For A Specific Drug Or Drugs As Being Below The Reimbursement Rate Required By The Preceding Provision; To Provide That If The Appeal Is Upheld, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Shall Make The Change In The Payment To The Required Reimbursement Rate; To Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization To Provide To A Pharmacy Or Pharmacist A Copy Of Any Contract Entered Into On Behalf Of The Pharmacy Or Pharmacist By The Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization; To Create New Section 73-21-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Pass On To The Plan Sponsor All Rebates And Payments That It Receives From Pharmaceutical Manufacturers In Connection With Claims Administered On Behalf Of The Plan Sponsor; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Report Annually To Each Plan Sponsor The Aggregate Amount Of All Rebates And Other Payments That The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Received From Pharmaceutical Manufacturers In Connection With Claims Administered On Behalf Of The Plan Sponsor; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Ordering A Patient To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Offering Or Implementing Plan Designs That Penalize A Patient When A Patient Chooses Not To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Or The Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Interfering With The Patient's Right To Choose The Patient's Pharmacy Or Provider Of Choice; To Create New Section 73-21-162, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Penalizing Or Retaliating Against A Pharmacist, Pharmacy Or Pharmacy Employee For Exercising Any Rights Under This Act, Initiating Any Judicial Or Regulatory Actions, Or Appearing Before Any Governmental Agency, Legislative Member Or Body Or Any Judicial Authority; To Amend Section 73-21-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board Of Pharmacy, For The Purposes Of Conducting Investigations, To Conduct Examinations Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers And To Issue Subpoenas To Obtain Documents Or Records That It Deems Relevant To The Investigation; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2485
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Engrossed
2/8/23
Refer
2/22/23
Enrolled
3/13/23
Passed
3/14/23
An Act To Amend Section 41-87-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Qualified Personnel Who Provide Early Intervention Services Under The Early Intervention Act For Infants And Toddlers To Include Individuals Who Hold A Degree In Human Development And Family Science Or Child And Family Science With A Concentration In Child Development And Licensure In Pre-kindergarten To Kindergarten; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2486
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/7/23
Failed
3/23/23
An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-97-101, 37-97-103, 37-97-105, 37-97-107 And 37-97-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 73-42-1, 73-42-3, 73-42-5, 73-42-7, 73-42-9, 73-42-11, 73-42-13, 73-42-15, 73-42-17, 73-42-19, 73-42-21, 73-42-23, 73-42-25, 73-42-27, 73-42-29, 73-42-31, 73-42-33, 73-42-34, 73-42-35, 73-42-37 And 73-42-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Uniform Agents Act, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2487
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Engrossed
2/8/23
Refer
2/13/23
Enrolled
4/5/23
Passed
4/19/23
An Act To Create The "mississippi Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Scholarship Program Act Of 2023" To Be Administered By The Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board; To Define Terminology; To Require The Board To Set The Dates And Deadlines For Applying For Funding For Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Courses Of Eligible Mississippi High School Students; To Provide For The Eligibility And Participation In The Program By Postsecondary Educational Institutions And Students; To Provide The Rate At Which Participating Institutions Will Be Reimbursed For Participating Students; To Exclude The Participation Of Early College Students From Participation In The Program; To Establish A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Designated The "mississippi Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Scholarship Program Fund" And To Provide That Any Unexpended Balances Appropriated By The Legislature Remaining Available At The End Of The Fiscal Year Shall Not Lapse Into The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2488
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act; To Require The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Administer The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Program For Residents Of This State Seeking An Associate's Degree, Certificate Or Diploma From An Eligible Postsecondary Institution; To Set The Eligibility Standards; To Require Scholarship Recipients To Participate In Mentoring And Community Service Programs; To Require The Board To Develop The Selection And Renewal Criteria For Students And Shall Have The Authority To Work With Outside Organizations To Develop The Most Effective Means For Delivering The Scholarships; To Provide That Mississippi Promise Scholarship At A Mississippi Public Two Year Postsecondary Institution Shall Be The Cost Of Tuition And Mandatory Fees At The Eligible Postsecondary Institution Attended Less All Other Gift Aid; To Require The Board, Mississippi Department Of Education, Mississippi Community College Board And Mississippi Institutions Of Higher Learning To Provide Assistance To The Legislature By Researching And Analyzing Data Concerning The Scholarship Program Created Under This Part, Including, But Not Limited To, Student Success And Scholarship Retention; To Provide That The "mississippi Promise Scholarship Program Fund," Shall Be Created As A Special Fund In The State Treasury From Which The Grants Authorized By This Act Shall Be Disbursed By The Office; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2489
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create New Section 41-9-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Specialty Doctors To Rural Hospitals Grant Program For The Purpose Of Ensuring The Availability Of Specialty Doctors In Rural Hospitals When A Major Hospital Indicates To A Rural Hospital Emergency Doctor That The Major Hospital Is On Diversion; To Provide That The Department Of Health Shall Administer And Distribute Grant Funds To Rural Hospitals For Such Purpose; To Provide Certain Considerations That The Department Shall Make For Establishing A Payment Structure; To Require The Department Of Health To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Accomplish The Purpose Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2490
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The "reinforcing College Education On America's Constitutional Heritage Act" Or The "reach Act"; To Require That Each Institution Of Higher Learning Must Provide Instruction Concerning The United States Constitution, The Declaration Of Independence, The Federalist Papers, The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, And Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail To Each Undergraduate Student For Three Semester Credit Hours; To Create Exceptions To The Requirement; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2491
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create A New Section Within Title 47, Chapter 7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Offender Who Is Placed On Probation Or Released On Parole To Agree To A Waiver As A Condition Of Parole That Authorizes Any Law Enforcement Officer To Conduct A Warrantless Search Of The Offender's Person, Place Of Residence Or Motor Vehicle For The Purposes Of Determining If The Offender Is In Violation Of Any Weapon- Or Firearm-related Offenses; To Provide That The Warrantless Search Shall Be Conducted In A Reasonable Manner But Shall Not Need To Be Based On An Articulable Suspicion That The Offender Is Committing Or Has Committed A Criminal Offense; To Require The Offender To Acknowledge And Sign The Waiver Before The Offender's Release; To Provide That An Offender Who Fails To Sign The Waiver Is Ineligible For Release On Probation Or Parole; To Define The Term "residence"; And For Related Purposes.