All Bills - Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB565
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Engrossed
2/5/25
Refer
2/14/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Passed
3/18/25
An Act To Amend Section 45-6-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Law Enforcement Officer Resigns, The Law Enforcement Agency From Which The Officer Has Resigned Must Provide The Board On Law Enforcement Officer Standards And Training Notification Of The Officer's Action Within A Specified Time Frame; To Provide That When An Officer Is Terminated Or Resigns, Due To Disciplinary Action, The Agency Shall Provide Notification Of The Resignation Or Termination To The Board And Must Provide An Explanation Concerning The Resignation Or Termination Due To Such Disciplinary Action; To Prescribe Certain Penalties For The Failure Of An Agency To Report Such Action Of An Officer; To Provide That Such Agency May Appeal The Decision Of The Board; To Amend Section 45-6-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Section 45-6-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To Noncomplying Officers And Officers With Certificates Revoked Or Suspended, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB566
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create The Mental Awareness Program For Schools; To Amend Section 37-3-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Mental Awareness And Trauma-informed Approaches In Educator Preparation Programs; To Define Trauma-informed Approaches; To Amend Section 37-9-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Public School Districts And Public Charter Schools Shall Have At Least One School Counselor Or Mental Health Services Provider Per 250 Students; To Authorize Underfunded And Understaffed Schools To Employ One School Counselor To Service All The Schools In The Employing School District; To Provide For The Distribution Of Time And Duties Within Such Districts; To Require School Counselors Or School-based Mental Health Services Providers To Create A Trauma-informed Team For Each School; To Require School Districts And Public Charter Schools To Report The Number And Placement Of School Counselors In The District To The Department Of Education; To Authorize School Districts To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Agreement With A Nationally Recognized Social Work Consortium And Certain State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Place Master's Level Graduate Students Into Schools As School Counselors Under A Supervised Internship Program; To Create New Section 37-9-80, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Mental Health, To Create A Toolkit To Assist Schools In Implementing Trauma-informed Approaches; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB567
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Sections 37-3-82 And 37-7-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Districts And Local Law Enforcement Agencies That Employ Individuals To Serve As School Resource Officers To Provide Mental Health First Aid Training That Is Evidenced-based And Approved By The Department Of Mental Health; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB568
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Amount Of The Monthly Benefit For Recipients Of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB569
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Engrossed
2/6/25
Refer
2/17/25
Enrolled
4/1/25
An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To A Hospital That Has A Certificate Of Need For A Forty-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility In Desoto County; To Provide That There Shall Be No Prohibition Or Restrictions On Participation In The Medicaid Program For Such Facility That Would Not Otherwise Apply To Any Other Such Facility; To Require The Issuance Of A Certificate Of Need For Additional Beds In A Community Living Program For Developmentally Disabled Adults Located In Madison County; To Revise The Conditions For A Certificate Of Need Issued For A Long-term Care Hospital In Harrison County To Allow The Hospital To Participate In The Medicaid Program As A Crossover Provider; To Provide That The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Need Not Obtain A Certificate Of Need For Any Hospital Beds, Services, Health Care Facilities, Or Medical Equipment Which Have Been Approved And Continuously Operated Under A Certificate Of Need Exemption For A Teaching Hospital, Or Which Are Approved Before July 1, 2025, So Long As They Do Not Undergo A Physical Relocation; To Provide That After July 1, 2025, The University Of Mississippi Medical Center Shall Have An Academic Exemption From The Certificate Of Need Requirements Only Within A Certain Area Of Jackson, Mississippi; To Clarify That In Order For The University Of Mississippi Medical Center To Qualify For Such An Academic Exemption, The State Health Officer Must Determine That The Proposed Equipment Or Facility Fulfills A Substantial And Meaningful Academic Function; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Issue A Certificate Of Need To Any Psychiatric Hospital Located In Jackson, Mississippi, That Was Providing Adult Psychiatric Services As Of January 1, 2025, Under Certificate Of Need Authority That Was Transferred To It Within The Past Five Years Under A Change Of Ownership, And To Provide That The New Certificate Of Need Shall Authorize The Continuation Of Such Adult Psychiatric Services, Provided That The Hospital Relinquishes Its Existing Authority To Operate Under The Certificate Of Need Authority Transferred To The Hospital As Of The Effective Date Of The New Certificate Of Need; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Conduct A Study And Report By December 1, 2025, On The Feasibility Of Exempting Small Hospitals From The Requirement For A Certificate Of Need For The Placement Of Dialysis Units To Reduce The Number Of Transfers For Patients Requiring Dialysis, The Feasibility Of Exempting Small Hospitals From The Requirement For A Certificate Of Need To Operate Geriatric Psychiatric Units, And The Feasibility Of A New Requirement That Acute Adult Psychiatric Units Treat A Certain Percentage Of Uninsured Patients Or Pay A Periodic Fee In Lieu Thereof; To Amend Section 41-7-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Minimum Dollar Amounts Of Capital Expenditures And Major Medical Equipment That Require The Issuance Of A Certificate Of Need; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB57
Introduced
1/10/25
Refer
1/10/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 27-115-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Lottery Proceeds To Be Deposited Into The State Highway Fund And The Education Enhancement Fund; To Amend Section 75-76-129, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Reverter On The Provision Of Law Requiring Certain Fees Collected Under The Mississippi Gaming Control Act As A Result Of Wagers On Sporting Events To Be Deposited Into The State Highway Fund And Used Solely For The Repair And Maintenance Of State Highways And Bridges; To Bring Forward Section 27-115-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Deposit Of Sales From Lottery Tickets, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB570
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/14/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Require Governmental Bodies That Employ Or Contract For Full-time Certified Emergency Medical Technicians (emts), Paramedics, Emergency Medical Responders (emrs), 911 Dispatchers Or Firefighters To Provide Mental Health First Aid Training That Is Evidence-based And Approved By The Department Of Mental Health To All Of Those Personnel By July 1, 2031; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB571
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create The Crime Of Child Grooming; To Provide Penalties For The Crime; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB572
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create The Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program For Certain New Mental Health Employees To Be Administered By The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board; To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Persons Seeking To Participate In The Program; To Set A Maximum Amount Of Loan Repayment Assistance Under The Program; To Require The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Promulgate Regulations Necessary For The Proper Administration Of This Act, Including Setting A Fiscal Year Policy For The Program And Application Dates And Deadlines; To Create The "mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That Monies In The Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board, Upon Appropriation By The Legislature, For The Purpose Of Paying Awards Under The Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "gross Income" Under The State Income Tax Law To Exclude Loan Repayment Assistance Provided Under The Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; To Amend Section 27-69-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tobacco" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Define The Term "vapor Product" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Amend Section 27-69-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Levy An Excise Tax On Vapor Products; To Amend Sections 27-69-15, 27-69-27, 27-69-33 And 27-69-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 27-69-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Revenue Derived From The Excise Tax On Vapor Products Shall Be Deposited Into The "mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Fund"; To Bring Forward Section 27-69-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is A Section Of The Tobacco Tax Law, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB573
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 41-21-140, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Mississippi Helping Ensure Alternative Law Enforcement Transportation For Healing (misshealth) Pilot Program To Provide Financial Assistance To Law Enforcement Agencies For The Purpose Of Transporting Individuals Experiencing A Mental Health Or Behavioral Crisis To A Hospital Or Treatment Facility; To Provide That The Program's Implementation Is Subject To Appropriation; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Jointly Administered By The Department Of Finance And Administration, Department Of Mental Health And Division Of Medicaid; To Require The Department Of Mental Health To Establish Guidelines And Application Deadlines For The Participation In The Misshealth Pilot Program; To Require Grant Recipients To Provide A 25% Funding Match Of The Total Grant Funds Received; To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Contract With One Or More Third Parties Or Other Law Enforcement Agencies To Transport Individuals In Accordance With The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That Contracts Entered Into Under The Authority Of This Act Are Subject To Audit By The Office Of The State Auditor; To Prescribe The Purposes For Which Grant Funds Received Under The Misshealth Pilot Program May Be Used; To Provide For Telehealth Evaluation Of Individuals If Available To Determine Need For Admission; To Prescribe The Manner By Which The Original Certificate Of Need For Transport May Be Determined And Provided To The Transporting Law Enforcement Agency By The Completing Physician, Psychologist Or Designated Professional; To Require The Completing Physician, Psychologist Or Designated Professional To Inform The Transporting Law Enforcement Agency That The Hospital Or Treatment Facility Of Admission Has Been Contacted And Has Available Suitable Accommodations For The Individuals In Crisis; To Require The Transporting Law Enforcement Agency Or Transportation Agent To Notify The Admitting Hospital Or Treatment Facility Of An Estimated Time Of Arrival; To Require The Law Enforcement Agency Or Transportation Agent To Remain At The Hospital Or Treatment Facility Long Enough For The Individual To Be Evaluated For Admission, But Not To Exceed Two Hours; To Provide That If A Law Enforcement Officer Is Authorized To Make An Arrest And A Professional Designated By A Crisis Intervention Team Has Reason To Believe That The Individual Subject To Arrest Is Experiencing A Mental Or Behavioral Crisis, The Such Person May Be Taken Into Custody Without A Civil Order Or Warrant For Immediate Mental Examination To Determine Need For Behavioral Health Treatment At A Hospital Or Treatment Facility; To Require Immediate Examination Of Individuals So Detained By A Physician, Psychologist Or Designated Professional To Determine If Such Person Is Subject To Admission To A Hospital Or Treatment Facility; To Prescribe The Procedures To Be Followed Upon A Determination By The Evaluating Physician, Psychologist Or Designated Professional If The Person Is Or Is Not To Be Admitted Into A Hospital Or Treatment Facility; To Define The Term "qualified Advanced Practice Provider And Prescribe The Procedures To Be Followed By Such Individuals When Evaluating And Recommending Admission For Person Experiencing A Mental Health Crisis; To Prescribe The Duty Of Law Enforcement Agencies Or Transportation Agents To Return Individuals Suspected Of Experiencing A Mental Health Crisis Who Are Determined Not Eligible For Admission Back To The County Or Municipality Of Origin Where The Initial Interaction Occurred; To Provide Civil And Criminal Immunity To Hospitals, Treatment Facilities And Healthcare Providers From Claims Arising From Determinations Of Admission And From Transportation Of Person To And From Such Facilities; To Require The Department Of Mental Health To Provide Training On Mental Health Crisis Management For Local Law Enforcement Agencies' Personnel And For Transportation Agents; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB574
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Community Schools Grant Program For The Purpose Of Allowing Schools Or School Districts Established As A District Of Innovation To Create Community Schools; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Administer The Program; To Provide That The Funds Shall Be Distributed To Each District Of Innovation Approved By The State Board Of Education; To Provide Certain Distribution Formulas For Allocating The Funds Appropriated For The Grant Program; To Amend Sections 37-179-1 And 37-179-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Approve The Creation Of Districts Of Innovation; To Define Certain Terms Related To "districts Of Innovation"; To Limit The Initial Approval And Subsequent Renewals Of Districts Of Innovation To Five-year Periods; To Direct The Board To Promulgate Administrative Rules And Regulations To Prescribe The Conditions And Procedures To Be Used By Local School Boards To Be Approved As A District Of Innovation; To Specify The Criteria To Be Addressed By The Administrative Regulations; To Prescribe The Requirements For A District To Be A District Of Innovation Applicant; To Prescribe The Statutory Requirements With Which Schools Of Innovation Within Districts Of Innovation Must Comply; To Identify Areas In Which Districts Of Innovation May Request Approval Of Practices That Are Different Than Current Statutory Requirements; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB575
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School Districts That Have An Identified Student Percentage Of 25% Or More Of Enrolled Students Receiving Free Lunch, As Determined By Prior Year Enrollment, To Apply To The United States Department Of Agriculture Food And Nutrition Service (fns) For Participation In The Community Eligibility Programs, Which Would Make The National School Lunch Program And School Breakfast Program Free To All Students Enrolled At A Particular School Or In The Entire District Regardless Of Reported Income; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB576
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/26/25
An Act To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Certain Taxpayers That Provide Transitional Housing For Individuals Who After Release From Incarceration For Conviction Of A Misdemeanor Or Felony Offense Are Unable To Obtain, Or Encounter Difficulty In Obtaining, Housing While The Persons Attempt To Transition From Incarceration To Society And Achieve Or Maintain Independence; To Provide The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Limit The Amount Of The Tax Credit That May Be Claimed In A Taxable Year; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB577
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Authorize Any County Or Municipality To Contract With Other States For The Housing And Care Of Children Who Have Committed Delinquent Acts Whenever Juvenile Detention Facilities Within This State Have Reached Their Operational Capacity Limit; To Bring Forward Section 43-25-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Interstate Compact For Juveniles; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB578
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Failed
2/26/25
An Act To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Certain Taxpayers That Employ Persons Who Have Been Released From Incarceration For Conviction Of A Misdemeanor Or For Conviction Of A Felony Offense For A Nonviolent Crime; To Provide The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Limit The Amount Of The Tax Credit That May Be Claimed In A Taxable Year; And For Related Purposes.