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Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners

2016-2019 Legislative Committee Report

Prepared 1/30/2016 for the exclusive review of the Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners

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House Public Health and Human Services Committee

Chairman – Representative Sam C. Mims / Adams, Amite, Franklin & Pike Counties / 12 years served

Vice Chairman – Representative Chris Johnson / Forrest, Lamar Counties / First-Term

Members / Party / Anticipated Full Practice Authority Vote

Representative Shane Aguirre – Tupelo R Y

Representative Nick Bain – Corinth D

Representative Toby Barker – Hattiesburg R Y

Representative Christopher Bell – Jackson D

Representative C. Scott Bounds – Philadelphia R

Representative Chris Brown – Aberdeen R

Representative Cedric Burnett – Tunica D

Representative Larry Byrd – Petal D Y

Representative Bryant W. Clark – Pickens D Y

Representative Deborah Butler Dixon – Raymond D Y

Representative Jarvis Dortch – Raymond D Y

Representative Dan Eubanks – Desoto R

Representative Jeffrey S. Guice – Ocean Springs R

Representative Joey Hood – Ackerman R

Representative Mac Huddleston – Pontotoc R

Representative Doug McLeod – Lucedale R Y

Representative Nolan Mettetal – Sardis R

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Representative Orlando Paden – Clarksdale D

Representative Brent Powell – Brandon R

Representative Noah Sanford – Collins R Y

Representative Omeria Scott – Laurel D

Representative Bobby Shows – Ellisville R

Representative Kathy Sykes – Jackson D

Representative Brad Touchstone – Hattiesburg R

Representative Percy W. Watson – Hattiesburg D

Representative Jason White – West R Y

Representative Adrienne Wooten – Hinds Co. D

29 Total Members / 12 Democrats / 17 Republicans

29 Total Members / oppose Full Practice/ 9 support

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House Medicaid Committee

Chairman – Representative Chris Brown / Itawamba, Lee, Monroe / 4 years of service

Vice Chairman – Representative Joel Bomgar / Madison / First-Term

Members / Party / Anticipated Full Practice Authority vote

Representative Toby Barker – Hattiesburg R Y

Representative Richard Bennett – Long Beach R Y

Representative Becky Currie – Brookhaven R

Representative Jarvis Dortch – Raymond D Y

Representative D. Stephen Holland – Lee Co. D

Representative Joey Hood – Ackerman R

Representative Jay Hughes – Oxford D

Representative Robert L. Johnson III – Natchez D

Representative Doug McLeod – Lucedale R Y

Representative Nolan Mettetal – Sardis R

Representative Sam C. Mims – McComb R N

Representative David W. Myers – McComb D

Representative Omeria Scott – Laurel D

Representative William Shirley – Quitman R

Representative Jason White – West R Y

Representative Charles Young, Jr. – Meridian D

Representative Henry Zuber III - Ocean Springs R

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19 Total Members / 7 Democrats / 12 Republicans

19 Total Members / 1 oppose Full Practice / 5 support

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Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

Chairman – Senator Dean Kirby / Rankin County / 23 years of service

Vice Chairman – Senator Brice Wiggins / Jackson County / 4 years of service

Members / Party / Anticipated Full Practice Authority vote

Senator David Blount – Jackson D

Senator Hob Bryan – Amory D

Senator Terry C. Burton – Newton R Y

Senator Chris Caughman – Mendenhall R

Senator Bob Dearing – Natchez D

Senator Sally Doty – Brookhaven R

Senator Joey Fillingane – Sumrall R

Senator Hillman Terome Frazier – Jackson D

Senator Josh Harkins – Flowood R N

Senator W. Briggs Hopson III – Vicksburg R

Senator John Horhn – Jackson D

Senator Gary Jackson – French Camp R

Senator David Parker – Olive Branch R Y

Senator Rita Potts Parks – Corinth R Y

Senator Willie Simmons – Cleveland D

Senator Gray Tollison – Oxford D

Senator Chuck Younger – Columbus R

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19 Total Members / 7 Democrats / 12 Republicans

19 Total Members / 1 oppose Full Practice / 3 support

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Senate Medicaid Committee

Chairman – Senator Brice Wiggins / Jackson County / 4 years of service

Vice Chairman – Senator Hob Bryan / Itawamba, Lee, Monroe / 32 years of service

Members / Party / Anticipated Full Practice Authority vote

Senator Barbara Blackmon – Canton D

Senator Kevin Blackwell – Southaven R

Senator Terry C. Burton – Newton R Y

Senator Chris Caughman – Mendenhall R

Senator Eugene S. Clarke – Hollandale R

Senator Bob Dearing – Natchez D

Senator Sollie B. Norwood – Jackson D

Senator Rita Potts Parks – Brookhaven R Y

Senator Chuck Younger – Columbus R

11 Total Members / 4 Democrats / 7 Republicans

11 Total Members / oppose Full Practice / 2 support

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Committee Action

Week of 2/1/16 – 2/5/16

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

Committee adopted rules

Relevant legislation currently in front of committee:

HB 8 Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Banks

HB 12 Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Banks

HB 41 %

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; create. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Mims

HB 42 Public benefits; require drug testing for all recipients of state or local funded benefits. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Scott

HB 70 Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Smith

House Medicaid Committee

Committee adopted rules

No legislation currently in front of committee

Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

Committee adopted rules

Relative legislation currently in front of committee:

SB2021 %

Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set. 01/26 (S) Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2023 %

Nursing Practice Act; make technical amendments to. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

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SB2024 Nurse practitioners; define scope of practice and revise certification and collaboration requirements. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2025 Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required if over 3,600 hours of clinical practice. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2026 Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice nurses must practice within collaborative relationship with a physician. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2027 Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2071 Telemedicine services; define and authorize State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate regulations. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2090 "Patient's Right To Informed Health Care Choices Act"; delete repealer. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Kirby

SB2091 Health care practitioner practicing without a license; provide enhanced criminal penalties. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division A

Burton

SB2115 "Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act"; enact. 02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Hill

SB2117 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and (SNAP) Programs; impose certain restrictions on expenditures and eligibility. 02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Hill

SB2143 Youth Services under Department of Human Services; make technical amendments. 02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2185 Collaboration with nurse practitioners; waive supervision requirements in certain health provider settings. 02/05 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Hill

Senate Medicaid Committee

Committee adopted rules

Relevant legislation currently in front of committee:

SB2116 Medicaid expenditures for family planning services; require prioritization and prohibit funding nonfederally qualified abortions. 02/01 (S) Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations

Hill

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SB2172 Division of Medicaid; authorize to apply for federal grant to integrate eligibility systems between DOM and DHS. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations

Hill

SB2175 Managed care organizations providing health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries; provide standardized credentialing of providers. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid

Hill

SB2188 Recovery of Medicaid payments from third parties; clarify obligations of Division of Medicaid where claim is settled. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid

Blackmon

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Week of 2/8/16 – 2/12/16

House Public Health and Human Services Committee

Committee did not address relevant bills

Relevant Legislation in front of committee:

HB 8 Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Banks

HB 12 Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Banks

HB 41 %

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; create. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Mims

HB 42 Public benefits; require drug testing for all recipients of state or local funded benefits. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Scott

HB 70 Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice registered nurses have collaborative relationship with physician. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Smith

HB 267 Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition and Improvement Grant Program; establish. 02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Mims

HB 403 "Health Care Freedom of Choice Act"; enact.

02/08 (H) Referred To Insurance;Public Health and Human

Services

Henley

HB1170 Nurse practitioners; specify practice setting in which not required to

be within certain distance of physician's office.

02/08 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Currie

House Medicaid Committee

Committee did not address relative legislation

Relevant legislation currently in front of committee:

HB 257 Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law. 02/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid;Rules

Clark

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HB 258 Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law. 02/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid;Rules

Perkins

HB 259 Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care law and under CHIP. 02/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid;Rules

Scott

HB 891 Managed care organizations providing health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries; provide standardized credentialing of providers. 02/08 (H) Referred To Medicaid

Currie

Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

Committee did not meet regarding relevant legislation

Relevant legislation currently in front of committee:

SB2021 %

Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set. 01/26 (S) Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2023 %

Nursing Practice Act; make technical amendments to. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2024 Nurse practitioners; define scope of practice and revise certification and collaboration requirements. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2025 Certified nurse practitioners; no physician supervision required if over 3,600 hours of clinical practice. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2026 Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice nurses must practice within collaborative relationship with a physician. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2027 Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2071 Telemedicine services; define and authorize State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate regulations. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2090 "Patient's Right To Informed Health Care Choices Act"; delete repealer. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Kirby

SB2091 Health care practitioner practicing without a license; provide enhanced criminal penalties. 01/26 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division A

Burton

SB2115 "Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act"; enact. Hill

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02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

SB2117 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and (SNAP) Programs; impose certain restrictions on expenditures and eligibility. 02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Hill

SB2143 Youth Services under Department of Human Services; make technical amendments. 02/01 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Burton

SB2185 Collaboration with nurse practitioners; waive supervision requirements in certain health provider settings. 02/05 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Hill

SB2502 Nurse practitioners may practice in any clinical setting under general supervision of

physician; authorize.

02/08 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Senate Medicaid Committee

Committee did not address relative legislation

Relevant legislation currently in front of committee:

SB2116 Medicaid expenditures for family planning services; require prioritization and prohibit funding nonfederally qualified abortions. 02/01 (S) Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations

Hill

SB2172 Division of Medicaid; authorize to apply for federal grant to integrate eligibility systems between DOM and DHS. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations

Hill

SB2175 Managed care organizations providing health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries; provide standardized credentialing of providers. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid

Hill

SB2188 Recovery of Medicaid payments from third parties; clarify obligations of Division of Medicaid where claim is settled. 02/05 (S) Referred To Medicaid

Blackmon