An Act To Amend Section 57-87-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Definition Of "equipment Used In The Deployment Of Broadband Technologies" For Purposes Of The Credit Against Income Tax And Corporation Franchise Tax Liability Of Telecommunications Enterprises For Certain Investments, And For Purposes Of The Ad Valorem Tax Exemption For Such Equipment Placed In Service In A Certain Time Period; To Amend Section 57-87-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify The Equipment Placed In Service After June 30, 2025, And Before July 1, 2030, That Is Eligible For The Exemption; To Require A Taxpayer To Submit A Certified, Sworn Description Of The Equipment To The Tax Assessor Of The County In Which Such Equipment Is Located, On Or Before April 1 Of The First Assessment Year In Which The Exemption Is Being Claimed; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 77-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Public Service Commission To Cancel A Municipality's Certificate To Provide Service Greater Than One Mile Outside Its Corporate Boundaries Upon A Finding That The Municipality Is Not Charging Fair Rates For Services; To Authorize The Commission To Facilitate Mediation Proceedings Between Two Water Districts Whenever The Dispute Between The Districts Is Negatively Impacting The Ratepayers Of One Or Both Districts; To Amend Section 17-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize All Counties And Municipalities To Purchase Waterworks Systems And To Borrow Money For Such Purpose; To Bring Forward Section 77-3-22, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Incorporate Components Within The Existing Financial Literacy Curriculum For Students In Grades 6 Through 8 Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; To Require Passage Of A One-half Carnegie Unit Course In Financial Literacy As A Graduation Requirement For All Public School Students, Including Those In Charter Schools, Beginning With The 2031 Graduating Class; To Establish The Financial Literacy Trust Fund In The State Treasury To Support Financial Literacy Education; To Require The State Board Of Education To Administer The Fund; To Amend Sections 37-7-301, 37-16-7 And 37-28-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-23-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Child Will Be Exempt From The Requirement To Have Any Specific Vaccination In Order To Attend A School Or Postsecondary Educational Institution If The Child's Parent Or Guardian Submits To The School Or Postsecondary Educational Institution A Letter Or Affidavit That Documents Which Required Vaccinations Have Been Given, And Which Vaccinations Have Not Been Given On The Basis That They Are Contrary To His Or Her Religious, Philosophical Or Conscientious Beliefs; To Prescribe The Content To Be Included In The Letter Or Affidavit Submitted To The School District, School Or Postsecondary Educational Institution Of Enrollment; To Amend Section 43-20-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Exemptions From The Immunization Requirements Licensed Child Care Facilities When A Parent Or Legal Guardian Objects To Immunization Of The Child On The Grounds That The Immunization Conflicts With The Religious, Philosophical Or Conscientious Beliefs Of The Parent Or Guardian; To Provide That A Parent Or Guardian Must First Furnish The Responsible Official Of The Facility An Affidavit In Which The Parent Or Guardian Swears Or Affirms That The Immunization Required Conflicts With The Religious, Philosophical Or Conscientious Beliefs Of The Parent Or Guardian Before A Child Is Exempted From Immunization On Religious Grounds; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit The Sell And Distribution Of Any Insignia, Seal, Coat Of Arms, Label Or Logo Of Any Division Or Bureau Of The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety As Decal, Patch Or Badge Which May Be Worn Or Displayed Through Temporary Or Permanent Affixture, Without The Prior Written Approval Of The Commissioner Of Public Safety; To Require Any Such Person, Business Or Entity Desiring To Sell Or Distribute Such Products Depicting The Department's Identifying Graphic To Make Application To The Commissioner Of Public Safety For Such Usage; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Maintain A List Of Approved Uses And To Whom The Approval Is Granted, Which May Be Rescinded At Any Time By The Commissioner; To Prescribe Penalties For Violations; To Bring Forward Section 45-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Court To Raise A Conflict For Purposes Of Appointing A Guardian Ad Litem; To Amend Section 93-15-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Payment To Guardians Ad Litems; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "make Mississippi Resilient And Strong Act"; To Establish The Mississippi Windstorm Mitigation Association To Provide Services To Promote Welfare And Economic Development Through Strengthening Of Residential Homes And Commercial Properties To Protect Against Severe Weather; To Provide For Grants To Assist In Strengthening Of Residential Homes And Commercial Properties; To Provide For Membership Of The Association; To Provide Annual Reporting Requirements Of The Association; To Provide For The Supervision Of The Association By The Commissioner Of Insurance; To Provide For Election Of A Board Of Directors; To Provide The Powers Of The Association; To Provide For Assessments Against Insurers To Fund The Association; To Provide That A Member Insurer May Offset Its Assessment Against Its Premium, Franchise Or Income Tax Liability; To Provide That Member Insurers Shall Be Immune From Acts Or Omissions In The Performance Of Their Duties; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Construction Manager At Risk Method Of Project Delivery To Provide That The Construction Manager For Projects For Institutions Of Higher Learning And Individual Community And Junior Colleges Shall Not Be Required To Solicit Bids For Construction On The Project Using The Public Purchasing Law; To Provide How Such Construction Manager Shall Obtain Proposals From Contractors And Vendors And Enter Into Contracts; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "entertainment Industry And Workforce Development Task Force" To Examine Methods To Grow The State's Creative Economy And Increase Revenue For And From The Entertainment Industry; To Require The Task Force To Develop Recommendations To The Legislature On Changes To Policy And Designated Appropriations That Would Develop The Entertainment Industry And Workforce Within The State; To Set The Membership Of The Task Force; To Provide For Other Provisions Related Thereto, Including Per Diem And Voting; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Eligibility And To Modify Age And Income And Eligibility Criteria To Reflect The Current Criteria; To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Submit A Waiver By July 1, 2025, To The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services (cms) To Authorize The Division To Conduct Less Frequent Medical Redeterminations For Eligible Children Who Have Certain Long-term Or Chronic Conditions That Do Not Need To Be Reidentified Every Year; To Provide That Men Of Reproductive Age Are Eligible Under The Family Planning Program; To Conform With Federal Law To Allow Children In Foster Care To Be Eligible Until Their 26th Birthday; To Eliminate The Requirement That The Division Must Apply To Cms For Waivers To Provide Services For Certain Individuals Who Are End-stage Renal Disease Patients On Dialysis, Cancer Patients On Chemotherapy Or Organ Transplant Recipients On Antirejection Drugs; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 1401, 2025 Regular Session, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Services To Comply With Federal Law; To Eliminate The Option For Certain Rural Hospitals To Elect Against Reimbursement For Outpatient Hospital Services Using The Ambulatory Payment Classification (apc) Methodology; To Require The Division To Update The Case-mix Payment System And Fair Rental Reimbursement System As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Authorize The Division To Implement A Quality Or Value-based Component To The Nursing Facility Payment System; To Require The Division To Reimburse Pediatricians For Certain Primary Care Services As Defined By The Division At 100% Of The Rate Established Under Medicare; To Require The Division To Reimburse For One Pair Of Eyeglasses Every Two Years Instead Of Every Five Years For Certain Beneficiaries; To Authorize Oral Contraceptives To Be Prescribed And Dispensed In Twelve-month Supply Increments Under Family Planning Services; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse Ambulatory Surgical Care (asc) Based On 90% Of The Medicare Asc Payment System Rate In Effect July 1 Of Each Year As Set By Cms; To Authorize The Division To Provide Reimbursement For Devices Used For The Reduction Of Snoring And Obstructive Sleep Apnea; To Provide That No Later Than December 1, 2025, The Division Shall, In Consultation With The Mississippi Hospital Association, The Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative, The University Of Mississippi Medical Center And Any Other Hospitals In The State, Provide Recommendations To The Chairmen Of The Senate And House Medicaid Committees On Methods For Allowing Physicians Or Other Eligible Providers Employed Or Contracted At Any Hospital In The State To Participate In Any Medicare Upper Payment Limits (upl) Program, Allowable Delivery System Or Provider Payment Initiative Established By The Division, Subject To Federal Limitations On Collection Of Provider Taxes; To Provide That The Division Shall, In Consultation With The Mississippi Hospital Association, The Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative, The University Of Mississippi Medical Center And Any Other Hospitals In The State, Study The Feasibility Of Offering Alternative Models For Distribution Of Medical Claims And Supplemental Payments For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services And To Study The Feasibility Of The Division Establishing A Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program To Physicians Employed Or Contracted By Hospitals Who Are Able To Participate In The Program Through An Intergovernmental Transfer; To Update And Clarify Language About The Division's Transition From The Medicare Upper Payment Limits (upl) Program To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Provide That The Division Shall Maximize Total Federal Funding For Mhap, Upl And Other Supplemental Payment Programs In Effect For State Fiscal Year 2025 And Shall Not Change The Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints Used To Calculate The Distribution Of Supplemental Payments To Hospitals From Those Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints In Effect And As Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services For State Fiscal Year 2025; To Authorize The Division To Contract With The State Department Of Health To Provide For A Perinatal High Risk Management/infant Services System For Any Eligible Beneficiary Who Cannot Receive Such Services Under A Different Program; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse For Services At Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers; To Extend To July 1, 2027, The Date Of The Repealer On The Provision Of Law That Provides That The Division Shall Reimburse For Outpatient Hospital Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of 21 Years By Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospitals, Which Was Repealed By Operation Of Law In 2024; To Limit The Payment For Providing Services To Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of 21 Years Who Are Treated By A Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Require The Division To Develop And Implement A Method For Reimbursement Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Based On A Continuum Of Care For Best Practices In Medically Necessary Early Intervention Treatment; To Require The Division To Reimburse For Preparticipation Physical Evaluations; To Require The Division To Reimburse For United States Food And Drug Administration Approved Medications For Chronic Weight Management Or For Additional Conditions In The Discretion Of The Medical Provider; To Require The Division To Provide Coverage And Reimbursement For Any Nonstatin Medication Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration That Has A Unique Indication To Reduce The Risk Of A Major Cardiovascular Event In Primary Prevention And Secondary Prevention Patients; To Require The Division To Provide Coverage And Reimbursement For Any Nonopioid Medication Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain; To Reduce The Length Of Notice The Division Must Provide The Medicaid Committee Chairmen For Proposed Rate Changes And To Provide That Such Legislative Notice May Be Expedited; To Require The Division To Reimburse Ambulance Transportation Service Providers That Provide An Assessment, Triage Or Treatment For Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries; To Set Certain Reimbursement Levels For Such Providers; To Extend To July 1, 2029, The Date Of The Repealer On Such Section; To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Division To Extend Its Medicaid Enterprise System And Fiscal Agent Services, Including All Related Components And Services, Contracts In Effect On June 30, 2025, For An Additional Two-year Period; To Authorize The Division To Enter Into A Two-year Contract With A Vendor To Provide Support Of The Division's Eligibility System; To Reduce The Length Of Notice The Division Must Provide The Medicaid Committee Chairmen For A Proposed State Plan Amendment And To Provide That Such Legislative Notice May Be Expedited; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Third-party Payor Requires Prior Authorization For An Item Or Service Furnished To A Medicaid Recipient, The Payor Shall Accept Authorization Provided By The Division Of Medicaid That The Item Or Service Is Covered Under The State Plan As If Such Authorization Were The Prior Authorization Made By The Third-party Payor For Such Item Or Service; To Amend Section 43-13-117.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Division Shall Not Reimburse Or Provide Coverage For Gender Transition Procedures For Any Person; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Quarterly Hospital Assessment May Exceed The Assessment In The Prior Quarter By More Than $3,750,000.00 If Such Increase Is To Maximize Federal Funds That Are Available To Reimburse Hospitals For Services Provided Under New Programs For Hospitals, For Increased Supplemental Payment Programs For Hospitals Or To Assist With State-matching Funds As Authorized By The Legislature; To Authorize The Division To Reduce Or Eliminate The Portion Of The Hospital Assessment Applicable To Long-term Acute Care Hospitals And Rehabilitation Hospitals If Cms Waives Certain Requirements; To Create New Section 41-140-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms; To Create New Section 41-140-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Health To Develop And Promulgate Written Educational Materials And Information For Health Care Professionals And Patients About Maternal Mental Health Conditions; To Require Hospitals Providing Birth Services To Provide Such Educational Materials To New Parents And, As Appropriate, Other Family Members; To Require That Such Materials Be Provided To Any Woman Who Presents With Signs Of A Maternal Mental Health Disorder; To Create New Section 41-140-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Health Care Provider Or Nurse Midwife Who Renders Postnatal Care Or Pediatric Infant Care To Ensure That The Postnatal Care Patient Or Birthing Mother Of The Pediatric Infant Care Patient, As Applicable, Is Offered Screening For Postpartum Depression And To Provide Appropriate Referrals If Such Patient Or Mother Is Deemed Likely To Be Suffering From Postpartum Depression; To Amend Section 43-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Medicaid Advisory Committee And Beneficiary Advisory Committee As Required Pursuant To Federal Regulations; To Provide That All Members Of The Medical Care Advisory Committee Serving On January 1, 2025, Shall Be Selected To Serve On The Medicaid Advisory Committee, And Such Members Shall Serve Until July 1, 2028; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 71-3-13, 71-3-17, 71-3-21 And 71-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Total Compensation That An Employee May Recover Under The Workers' Compensation Law; To Provide That Compensation For Permanent Total Disability Shall Be Paid To The Employee Until His Death; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-1-2, 37-3-2, 37-3-4, 37-3-46, 37-3-49, 37-7-337, 37-7-1001, 37-9-13, 37-9-18, 37-11-64, 37-13-80.1, 37-13-92, 37-17-1, 37-17-3, 37-17-5, 37-17-6, 37-17-8, 37-17-11, 37-17-12, 37-17-13, 37-17-15, 37-17-17, 37-18-1, 37-18-3, 37-18-7, 37-19-10, 37-23-1, 37-28-7, 37-28-23, 37-28-33 And 37-37-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Various Provisions Related To School Accreditation, The State School Accountability Model And The Accountability Ratings Of Schools And School Districts, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43 Of Chapter 95, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation To The State Department Of Education To Provide That A Certain Sum May By Used For The Continuation Of The Current School Safety Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Division Of Medicaid Shall Increase The Reimbursement Amounts Paid For Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers Services By 20% Above The Amounts In Effect On June 30, 2025; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define State Jurisdiction Over Public Trust Tidelands And The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Approve Leases Located On Public Trust Tidelands; To Amend Sections 29-1-107, 29-15-1, 29-15-3, 29-15-5, 29-15-9 And 29-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And To Codify Section 29-15-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare Legislative Intent Relative To Public Trust Tidelands, To Clarify The Requirement Of A Separate Lease From The Secretary Of State To Rent Land On Public Trust Tidelands Property, To Clarify That The Lease Needed To Move On Shore Is One With The State Or The State Port At Gulfport, To Revise Definitions, To Provide That State-held Tidelands Subject To Public Trust Are Prescribed In Tidelands Maps And Boundary Agreements And Court Orders Confirming The Maps, To Confirm All Authority Over Tidelands In The State Unless Specifically Severed Or Given To A Specific State Agency Or Political Subdivision, To Confirm Authority, Management And Administrative Control Over Tidelands In The Secretary Of State, To Clarify That Only Specific Action By The Legislature Can Divest The Secretary Of State Of Such Management And Control; To Amend Sections 59-7-405 And 59-15-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Local Governing Authority Shall Not Lease, Sublease, Rent Or Provide Access For Any Gaming Purposes Under This Authority; To Amend Sections 75-76-67, 87-1-5, 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define And Clarify The Authority Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission In Determining Legal Gaming Sites And Preliminary Site Approval And To Clarify Areas Authorized For Gaming Casino Operations And The Authority Of The Commission To Regulate Minimum Size, Minimum Improvements And Other Project Requirements; And For Related Purposes.