Public Health and Welfare

MS - Senator Hob Bryan (D)

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Chairman

MS - Senator David Parker (R)

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Vice-chairman

MS - Senator Juan Barnett (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Kevin Blackwell (R)

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Member

MS - Senator David Blount (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Dennis DeBar, Jr. (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Joey Fillingane (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Hillman Terome Frazier (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Josh Harkins (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Rod Hickman (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Angela Burks Hill (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Briggs Hopson (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Chris Johnson (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Chad McMahan (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Rita Potts Parks (R)

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Member

MS - Senator John A. Polk (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Jeff Tate (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Angela Turner-Ford (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Brice Wiggins (R)

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Member

MS - SN3 Carrie K. Coggins, LMSW, Tupelo, Mississippi, MS State Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, four year term ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN5 Sabrina Marie Turner, Flowood, Mississippi, BD of Directors for the Mississippi Industries for the Blind as an individual who has at least five years' actual experience in marketing or related field, term effective immediately and will end June 30, 2028.

MS - SN6 Eddie Eugene Turner, Brandon, Mississippi, BD of Directors for the Mississippi Industries for the Blind as a legally blind individual, term effective immediately and will end June 30, 2027.

MS - HB37 Death certificate; APRNs and physician assistants may sign instead of physician in certain circumstances.

MS - HB116 Alzheimer's disease and dementia; require State Department of Health to include education into existing public health programs.

MS - HB403 No Patient Left Alone Act; create.

MS - SN21 Bennie Lee Adkins, Union, Mississippi, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering as a barber representing the First Supreme Court District as it existed on July 1, 2024, two year term effective July 8, 2024 and ending July 31, 2026.

MS - HB531 MS Rural Dentist Scholarship Program; increase number of students who may be admitted annually.

MS - SN22 Clelly Ray Farmer, Poplarville, Mississippi, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering as a barber representing the Second Supreme Court District as it existed on July 1, 2024, three year term effective July 8, 2024 and ending July 31, 2027.

MS - SN23 Michael Lee (Mike) McBunch, Tupelo, Mississippi, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering as a barber representing the Third Supreme Court District as it existed on July 1, 2024, four year term effective July 8, 2024 and ending July 31, 2028.

MS - SN24 Linell Palmer, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering as a cosmetologist representing the First Supreme Court District as it existed on July 1, 2024, two year term effective July 8, 2024 and ending July 31, 2026.

MS - SN25 Warren Gilbert Rossi, Corinth, Mississippi, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering as a cosmetologist representing the Third Supreme Court District as it existed on July 1, 2024, four year term effective July 8, 2024 and ending July 31, 2028.

MS - SN26 Sherry A. Bouldin, Madison, Mississippi, State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors, remainder of a five year term effective July 2, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, representing the 2nd Congressional District, vice Dr. Kerri McKnatt.

MS - SN27 Dr. Shelbi R. Bradley, Gulfport, Mississippi, State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors, remainder of five year term effective July 2, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Dr. Lewis A. Bullock.

MS - SN44 Elizabeth JeanMarie (Liz) McLain, Ridgeland, Mississippi, Mississippi State Board of Massage Therapy as a Licensed Massage Therapist, four year term effective September 24, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Mr. Michael Scott Parker.

MS - SN46 Dr. Harvey Allen (Allen) Gersh, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, MS State Board of Medical Licensure to represent the Second Supreme Court District, six year term beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2030.

MS - SN47 Dr. Kirk L. Kinard, Oxford, Mississippi, MS State Board of Medical Licensure to represent the Third Supreme Court District, six year term beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2030.

MS - SN49 Andrew Christopher (Drew) Calhoun, Meridian, Mississippi, MS Board of Nursing as the Registered Nurse at large, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Mr. William Alton Shaw.

MS - SN50 Dr. Lacey Thompson Gentry, DNP, RN,, Courtland, Mississippi, MS Board of Nursing as an Educator, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN51 Beverly Eaves Oliver, MBA, MSN, FNP, Clinton, Mississippi, MS Board of Nursing as the Registered Nurse Practitioner, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Dr. Melissa King.

MS - SN52 Christopher Brian (Chris) Threadgill, Ackerman, Mississippi, MS State Board of Nursing Home Administrators as the Hospital Administrator, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Mr. James Taylor Williams, Jr..

MS - SN53 Dr. Hilary Melby Parrish, Vicksburg, Mississippi, MS State Board of Optometry, five year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2029, representing the Fourth Congressional District as it existed on January 1, 1980.

MS - SN56 Jessica Ann Culpepper, LSW, Union, Mississippi, BD of Examiners for Social Workers and Mariage and Family Therapists as a Licensed Social Worker, four year term effecive October 21, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Ms. Wilmetta Valerie S. Burnett.

MS - SN57 Courtney Denton Jones, Brandon, Mississippi, BD of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Dr William Jeffrey Hinton.

MS - SN58 LaPatrick D. (Pat) Stephens, LCSW, Starkville, Mississippi, BD of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists as a Licensed Social Worker, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice Ms. Valerie Joiner.

MS - HB569 CON; revise conditions for long-term care hospital in Harrison County to allow participation in Medicaid.

MS - HB570 Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies.

MS - HB611 Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; revise provisions relating to.

MS - HB668 MS Juvenile Tobacco Prevention; raise age restriction to 21.

MS - HB670 Social Work Licensure Compact; create.

MS - HB671 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend period during which expenses incurred by hospitals for ICU beds may be reimbursed under.

MS - HB674 Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; create.

MS - HB675 Genetic counselors; provide for licensure and regulation of by State Board of Health.

MS - HB807 Mental health; establish Division of Autism Services within Department of Mental Health.

MS - HB849 CRNAs; exempt from collaborative agreement, and license anesthesiologist assistants.

MS - HB856 Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to.

MS - HB922 Certificate of need laws; revise various provisions of.

MS - HB927 Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of.

MS - HB928 Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault.

MS - SB2033 Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of.

MS - SB2036 No Patient Left Alone Act; enact.

MS - SB2048 Safeguarding Teens from Out-of-State Procedures Act; enact.

MS - SB2075 Board of Medical Licensure; revise licensure status, definitions, procedure, fines and temporary practice authority.

MS - HB1062 Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions.

MS - HB1064 Public purchasing laws; exempt the Department of Mental Health from certain.

MS - HB1077 Kratom products; prohibit persons under 21 from purchasing, and prohibit entering premises of retailer who sells.

MS - HB1083 Health Care Expendable Fund; extend repealer on.

MS - HB1094 Department of Health; exempt certain contracts relating to the Public Health Lab from PPRB approval.

MS - HB1123 Pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations; provide certain regularions for.

MS - HB1190 MS First Responder PTSD and Suicide Prevention Task Force; create.

MS - HB1262 Nursing; authorize military medics to take exam to be licensed as an LPN.

MS - HB1392 MS Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act; bring forward code sections related to.

MS - HB1401 Community health workers; provide for certification of by Health Department and for Medicaid reimbursement for services of.

MS - HB1402 Vital records; fees for certain may be used by Board of Health for public health programs.

MS - HB1404 Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations.

MS - SB2392 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grant program; Dept. of Mental Health and Division of Medicaid apply for.

MS - HB1447 Department of Health; authorize to increase fees for water quality analysis as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

MS - HB1455 Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; delete certain prohibitions against distributors.

MS - HB1463 Psudoephedrine; require manufacturers to pay fees to National Assocaition of Drug Diversion Investigators to support NPLE.

MS - HB1498 MS Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task force; create.

MS - HB1502 MS Hemp Cultivaltion Act; revise provisions of and legalize manufacture and sale of hemp beverages.

MS - HB1530 Mental Health Regional Commissions; authorize boards of supervisors to agree to board compositions.

MS - SB2436 Social media; set certain requirements against content depicting tobacco or nicotine for minors.

MS - SB2457 Civil Commitment Reform Act; enact.

MS - SB2597 Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY.

MS - SB2662 State Board of Health Professions; create and set out membership/board qualifications, powers and duties.

MS - SB2663 Alternative nicotine products; prohibit distribution or sale of certain products.

MS - SB2664 Dietitian Licensure Compact; ratify.

MS - SB2665 Dietitian Licensure Compact; enact.

MS - SB2666 Dietitian Licensure Compact; enact.

MS - SB2667 Nurse practitioners; authorize to dispense legend drugs to patients.

MS - SB2668 Dental hygienists; authorize to work under general supervision of dentists in nursing homes and correctional facilities.

MS - SB2669 Anesthesiologist assistants; provide for licensure and regulations by Board of Medical Licensure.

MS - SB2670 Practice of podiatric medicine; provide certain requirements to perform specific surgeries.

MS - SB2671 Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise definitions and provisions related thereto.

MS - SB2672 Advanced practice registered nurses; revise collaboration requirement.

MS - SB2673 Advanced practice registered nurses; to revise provisions related to APRNS / nurse anesthetists.

MS - SB2674 State Board of Dental Examiners; clarify powers and duties relating to practice of dentistry and dental hygiene.

MS - SB2675 Pharmacists; authorize to test for and administer treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions.

MS - SB2676 Intimate medical examinations; establish requirements related to those of patients who are sedated, anesthetized or unconscious.

MS - SB2677 Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; define requirements for pharmacy benefit managers.

MS - SB2678 Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; bring forward and prohibit spread pricing.

MS - SB2679 Department of Human Services; allow agency discretion for establishing or using certain federal reporting systems.

MS - SB2680 Rural emergency hospital; allow Department of Health to license psychiatric inpatient beds to separate associated entity.

MS - SB2681 CON law; delete prohibition or restriction on Medicaid program participation for certificated facilities.

MS - SB2682 Health Care Certificate of Need Law; repeal.

MS - SB2683 CON; remove requirement for and delete moratorium on issuance for certain facilities, reform and organize.

MS - SB2684 Medicaid reimbursements; revise certain provisions relating to a psychiatric residential treatment facility in DeSoto County.

MS - SB2685 Certificate of need; delete requirement to obtain for psychiatric hospitals, renal disease facilities and additional facilities.

MS - SB2686 Certificate of need; authorize nursing facility in any underserved minority zip code area.

MS - SB2687 Certificate of Need; authorize additional beds in a community living program for disabled adults in Madison County.

MS - SB2688 TANF benefits; increase monthly amount of.

MS - SB2689 Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.

MS - SB2690 Health Care Expendable Fund; extend repealer on.

MS - SB2691 MS Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act; amend to prohibit the sale of tobacco or tobacco products to those under age 21.

MS - SB2692 Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; enact.

MS - SB2693 Boards of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners; extend repealer on agency assistance in consolidation of.

MS - SB2694 MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on.

MS - SB2695 Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on.

MS - SB2696 Public Health Laboratory; exempt from Public Procurement Review Board approval requirement for certain contracts.

MS - SB2697 COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; extend expenditure period of.

MS - SB2698 MS Dementia Care Program; extend period of operation of.

MS - SB2699 Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act & prohibitions against deceptive advertising by providers; extend repealers on.

MS - SB2700 Birth certificate; require designation of sex and prohibit change unless mistake at the time the certificate was issued.

MS - SB2701 Department of Health; prohibit from requiring fluoridation in water system.

MS - SB2702 Hospitals; repeal requirement to offer influenza vaccines to certain individuals prior to discharge.

MS - SB2703 Mental Health Regional Commissions; authorize boards of supervisors to agree to board compositions.

MS - SB2704 Annual inspection of the infirmary at the State Penitentiary at Parchman; require State Department of Health to conduct.

MS - SB2705 Mississippi Genetic Counselor Practice Act; enact.

MS - SB2706 Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act; rename, revise and create new provisions related to.

MS - SB2707 Registered providers of services for homeless persons; exempt from certain fees.

MS - SB2708 Personal care homes; require licensure and regulations of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.

MS - SB2709 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power with fuel provisions for 5 days.

MS - SB2710 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power for patient medical devices.

MS - SB2711 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; require to have emergency power sources.

MS - SB2712 Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; enact.

MS - SB2713 Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.

MS - SB2714 State Board of Funeral Service; require certain continuing education courses for licensees.

MS - SB2715 Pharmaceuticals; authorize the Division of Medicaid to establish a wholesale prescription drug importation program.

MS - SB2716 Board of Medical Licensure; revise certain provisions related thereto and create Board of Health Professions.

MS - SB2717 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.

MS - SB2718 TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers.

MS - SB2719 Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.

MS - SB2720 TANF; require DHS to spend maximum allowable amount on child care vouchers.

MS - SB2721 Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).

MS - SB2722 TANF; require set aside for nonprofits providing marriage counseling and support for military or first responder families.

MS - SB2723 TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits.

MS - SB2724 TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings.

MS - SB2725 TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level.

MS - SB2726 Social Work Licensure Compact; enact.

MS - SB2727 Social Work Licensure Compact; enact.

MS - SB2728 Mental health facilities; provide for certain licensure and Medicaid coverage for services.

MS - SB2729 "Mississippi Public Health Trust Fund"; establish to support public health programs funded from medical cannabis taxes.

MS - SB2731 Psychologists; extend repealer on licensure law related to.

MS - SB2732 Mississippi Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy and In Vitro and Parent Act; enact.

MS - SB2733 NPLEx; require manufacturers of certain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products to pay fees to support the administration of.

MS - SB2734 Kratom Control Act; enact.

MS - SB2735 Kratom Consumer Protection Act; enact.

MS - SB2736 Kratom; authorize regulation of and prohibit certain products.

MS - SB2737 Mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act; enact.

MS - SB2738 Mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act; enact.

MS - SB2739 Mental health; bring forward provisions related to commitment procedures for those with issues related to.

MS - SB2740 Drinking water quality analysis; increase MDOH fees for and allow fee adjustment in relation to the Producer Price Index.

MS - SB2741 Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.

MS - SB2742 Birth certificate fees; allow to be spent on maternal, infant and children's healthcare programs.

MS - SB2743 Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other recordkeeping and statistics.

MS - SB2744 Mississippi First Responder PTSD and Suicide Prevention Task Force; create.

MS - SB2745 Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; amend to add anxiety and sleep disorders as debilitating medical conditions.

MS - SB2746 The Mississippi Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task Force; create.

MS - SB2748 Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; revise provisions related to.

MS - SB2749 Community health workers; establish licensure program by Department of Health and certain provisions of law related to.

MS - SB2751 340B drug discount program entities; remove distributor from prohibition of certain discriminating actions related to.

MS - SB2752 Revocation of physician's license by Board of Medical Licensure; provide certain grounds for reinstatement.

MS - SB2753 MDH; direct to incorporate brain health, Alzheimer's disease and dementia education into existing public health programs.

MS - SB2754 Pre-surgical Blood Alcohol Test (BAT); State Board of Health promulgate regulations requiring.

MS - SB2755 "Vaccine Discrimination and Transparency Act"; prohibit coercion related to vaccination.

MS - SB2756 Alternative Funding Task Force; create from members of the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council.

MS - SB2757 Alternative Funding Task Force; create from members of the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council.

MS - SB2758 Cultivated food products; criminalize the manufacture, sale or distribution of.

MS - SB2759 Dialysis facilities; nursing homes may allow to provide mobile services on site to their patients.

MS - SB2762 Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise certain definitions related thereto.

MS - SB2795 Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes in.

MS - SB2818 Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.

MS - SB2819 Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.

MS - SB2870 Mississippi Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act; enact.

MS - SB2873 Nonemergency medical transportation services; define terms and revise certain provisions related to.

MS - SB2881 Regional health authorities; create the Delta Regional Health Authority.

MS - SB2893 Health-care decisions; require parental consent for those affecting unemancipated minors with limited exceptions.

MS - SB2895 Parental consent for minor's healthcare treatment; establish certain provisions related thereto.

MS - SN76 Courtney Phillips, Indianola, Mississippi, State Board of Mental Health, seven year term effective July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2032, representing the First Supreme Court District.

MS - SN79 George Anthony (Tony) Hamrick, RN, LNH, Laurel, Mississippi, MS State Board of Nursing Home Administrators as the Registered Nurse, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN80 Elizabeth A. (Beth) Tinnon, Ph.D., RN, CNE, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, MS State Board of Nursing Home Administrators as the Educator with expertise in the field of health care, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN81 Billy Crisler (Cris) Bourn, PT, DPT, MHS, Flora, Mississippi, MS State Board of Physical Therapy as a physical therapist representing the 3rd Congressional District, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN82 Dr. Robert Carrington Dews, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, MS State Board of Physical Therapy as the representative of physicians, four year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SN83 Henry Presley Posey, Flora, Mississippi, State Board of Rehabilitation Services as the vocational rehabilitation client or client's parent representative, five year term effective July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2029.

MS - SN89 Dr. Laurie Lawson, Raymond, Mississippi, State Board of Mental Health, seven year term effective July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2032, representing the First Supreme Court District and a social worker with, vice Manda Griffin.

MS - SN90 Dr. John (Johnny) Mitchell, Jr., Pontotoc, Mississippi, State Board of Mental Health, seven year term effective upon Senate confirmation and ending June 30, 2030, representing the Third Supreme Court District and a licensed medical doctor.

MS - SN97 Dr. Lucius Marion (Luke) Lampton, Magnolia, Mississippi, State Board of Health as a Licensed Physician, six year term beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2031.

MS - SN99 Dr. Thomas Edward (Tom) Joiner, Brandon, Mississippi, MS State Board of Medical Licensure to represent the First Supreme Court District, six year term beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2030.

MS - SN100 Randy C. Roth, MD, Pascagoula, Mississippi, MS State Board of Medical Licensure to represent the Second Supreme Court District, remainder of a six year term effective October 3, 2024 and ending June 30, 2028, vice W. David McClendon, MD.

MS - SN101 Sue B. Gallaspy, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, State Board of Mental Health, remainder of a seven year term effective January 31, 2025 and ending June 30, 2028, representing the Second Supreme Court District, vice Robert Landrum.