An Act To Bring Forward Section 27-103-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Opioid Settlement Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That The Mississippi Public Service Commission Be Funded By Appropriations From The State General Fund; To Amend Sections 77-1-6, 77-1-15, 77-1-29, 77-1-53, 77-3-8, 77-3-87, 77-3-89, 77-3-503, 77-3-507, 77-3-509 And 77-11-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provisions Of Law Requiring Certain Expenses Of The Mississippi Public Service Commission To Be Defrayed By Appropriation From The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 57-119-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Maximum Match Requirement For Assistance Provided To Municipalities And Counties From The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 37-17-6 And 37-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Role Of An Interim Superintendent Of A School District That Had Been Under The Administrative Control Of The State Board Of Education; To Provide That Upon The Return Of The Local School District To A Newly Reconstituted Local School Board, The Interim Superintendent Appointed By The State Board Of Education Shall Serve Alongside The New Local School Board And Newly Appointed Superintendent In An Advisory Capacity For One Year; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Governing The Professional Conduct And Governance Of School Board Members, And Prescribe Penalties For Violation Of Such Rules And Regulations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 83-11-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Uninsured Motorist Coverage Limits Shall Be Automatically Equal To The Limits Of Bodily Injury Liability Coverage And Property Damage Liability Coverage Unless The Insured Specifically Selects Uninsured Motorist Coverage Of Lesser Limits; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 9-21-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each Circuit And Chancery Court To Remit Fifteen Dollars Of Any Monies It Collects From Criminal And Civil Actions To The Civil Legal Assistance Fund; To Require Monies So Remitted To The Civil Legal Assistance Fund To Be Allocated To The Mississippi Center For Legal Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Education To Begin A Phased-in Expansion Of Early Learning Collaboratives Effective With The 2025-2026 School Year Through The 2029-2030 School Year; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 57-87-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "equipment Used In The Deployment Of Broadband Technologies" For Purposes Of An Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Authorized For Such Equipment; To Bring Forward Section 57-73-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit Spread Pricing; To Require Each Drug Manufacturer To Submit A Report To The Board Of Pharmacy That Includes The Current Wholesale Acquisition Cost; To Require Such Entities To Provide The Board Of Pharmacy With Various Drug Pricing Information Within A Certain Time; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations To File A Report With The Board Of Pharmacy; To Require Each Health Insurer To Submit A Report To The Board Of Pharmacy That Includes Certain Drug Prescription Information; To Require The Board Of Pharmacy To Develop A Website To Publish Information Related To The Act; To Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations From Retaliating Against Pharmacists Or Pharmacies For Taking Certain Actions; To Authorize The Board Of Pharmacy To Conduct Investigations, Issue Subpoenas, Conduct Audits And Impose A Monetary Penalty For Violations Related To The Act; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations To Identify Ownership Affiliation Of Any Kind To The Board Of Pharmacy; To Bring Forward Sections 73-21-155, 73-21-156 And 73-21-183, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exemption From The Mississippi Public Records Act For Local School District Test Security Plans For The Administration Of The Statewide Assessment Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Effective With The 2025-2026 School Year, Any Licensed Teacher Employed In A Public School District In An Area Designated By The State Board Of Education As A Geographically Critical Teacher Shortage Area Shall Receive An Annual Salary Supplement In The Amount Of $2,000.00, To Provide That Teachers Currently Receiving An Annual Salary Supplement For National Board Certification Shall Not Be Disqualified From Receiving The New $2,000.00 Annual Salary Supplement; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 112, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Revise The Legislature's Authority To Limit Or Deny A County's Right To Levy County And/or Special Taxes On Nuclear-powered Electrical Generating Plants, To Provide For A Special Mode Of Valuation, Assessment And Levy Upon Such Plants, And To Provide For The Distribution Of The Revenue Derived Therefrom.

An Act To Amend Sections 57-78-3 And 57-78-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History, Rather Than The Mississippi Development Authority, Shall Be The Administering Agency For The Grant Program; To Increase The Maximum Of Grant Funds That May Be Provided To A Community Under The Program During A Year; To Delete The Provision Requiring That The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History Shall Provide The Mississippi Main Street Association With No More Than Two Percent Of The Amount Of Funds Deposited Into The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Fund For Administrative Expenses In Carrying Out Its Duties Under The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program; To Repeal Section 33 Of Chapter 113, Laws Of 2024, Which Provides Funds From The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program Fund To The Mississippi Development Authority For Making Grants To Certain Main Street Designated Communities For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 2 Of Chapter 113, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation To The Mississippi Development Authority To Reduce The Amount Of Special Funds Appropriated To The Authority; To Amend Chapter 66, Laws Of 2024, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation To The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History To Increase The Amount Of Special Funds Appropriated To The Department; To Provide That The Department Shall Distribute Funds From The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program Fund To Certain Main Street Designated Communities For Certain Projects; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-21-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rename The "pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act" To The "representative Andy Stepp Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay 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 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 (nadac) For The Prescription Drug Or Pharmacist Service In Effect At The Time The Drug Is Administered Or Dispensed, Plus A Professional Dispensing Fee Equal To The Professional Dispensing Fee Paid By Mississippi Division Of Medicaid; To Require A Pharmacy Benefit Manager To Make Prompt Payment To A Pharmacy; 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 Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization To Be Licensed With The Mississippi Board Of Pharmacy; 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 Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Charging A Plan Sponsor More For A Prescription Drug Than The Net Amount It Pays A Pharmacy For The Prescription Drug; To Prohibit A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Or Third-party Payor From Charging A Patient An Amount That Exceeds The Total Amount Retained By The Pharmacy; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Or Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Ordering A Patient To Use A Specific Pharmacy Or Pharmacies, Including An Affiliate Pharmacy, Offering Or Implementing Plan Designs That Penalize A Patient When A Patient Chooses Not To Use A Particular Pharmacy, Including An Affiliate Pharmacy, Advertising Or Promoting A Pharmacy, Including An Affiliate Pharmacy, Over Another In-network Pharmacy, Creating Network Or Engaging In Practices That Exclude An In-network Pharmacy, Engaging In A Practice That Attempts To Limit The Distribution Of Prescription Drug To Certain Pharmacies, And Interfering With The Patient's Right To Choose The Patient's Pharmacy Or Provider Of Choice; To Exempt From These Prohibitions Facilities That Are Licensed To Fill Prescriptions Solely For Employees Of A Plan Sponsor Or Employer; 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.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation Fund; To Amend Section 99-19-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Filing Fee For A Petition To Expunge An Offense And Provide That A Certain Amount Of The Fee Shall Be Deposited Into The Fund; And For Related Purposes.