An Act To Be Known As The Ibogaine Drug Development Clinical Trial Act; To Authorize The Establishment Of A Consortium To Apply For Selection By The State Department Of Health To Conduct A Drug Development Clinical Trial With Ibogaine And Secure The United States Food And Drug Administration's (fda) Approval Of Ibogaine As A Medication For The Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder, Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder, And Any Other Neurological Or Mental Health Condition For Which Ibogaine Demonstrates Efficacy; To Require The Consortium To Submit To The Department A Proposal For Purposes Of Conducting An Ibogaine Drug Development Clinical Trial, And Specify What The Proposal Must Include; To Provide That After Selecting A Consortium, The Department Shall Enter Into An Interagency Contract With The Consortium To Provide Funding To Implement The Consortium's Proposed Ibogaine Drug Development Clinical Trial; To Specify What The Interagency Contract Must Include; To Provide That The Department May Not Disburse Funds To Or For A Selected Consortium Under The Interagency Contract Until The Consortium Receives And The Department Verifies The Receipt Of Matching Funds From Sources Other Than The State; To Require The Selected Consortium To Enter Into An Agreement With The Lead Consortium Established By The Government Of Another State That Has Submitted An Investigational New Drug (ind) Application To The Fda And Has Requested A Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Ibogaine From The Fda; To Require The Selected Consortium To Work With The Fda To Coordinate The Drug Development Trial In Mississippi With Ibogaine Drug Development Trials That Are Being Conducted By The Lead Consortium And In Other States; To Provide That Only An Institution Of Higher Learning Or A Hospital May Serve As A Trial Site For Conducting An Ibogaine Drug Development Clinical Trial; To Provide For Allocation Of The Revenue Attributable To All Intellectual Property Rights And Other Commercial Rights Arising From The Drug Development Clinical Trial Conducted By A Consortium During The Period For Which The Trial Is Funded And Any Following Period Of Commercialization; To Provide That If Ibogaine Is Approved By The Fda To Treat A Medical Condition, A Physician Who Has Prescribed Ibogaine For A Patient Shall Supervise The Administration Of Ibogaine At A Hospital Or Other Licensed Health Care Facility To Ensure The Patient's Safety While The Patient Is Under The Influence Of Ibogaine; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Reverse Auction Method For Receiving Bids To Differentiate Between Agencies And Governing Authorities; To Provide That If An Agency Determines That A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Agency, Then That Determination Must Be Approved By The Public Procurement Review Board; To Provide That If A Governing Authority Determines That A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Governing Authority, Then That Determination Must Be Approved By The Governing Board Of The Governing Authority; To Require The Agency Or Governing Authority To Submit An Explanation As To Why A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Agency Or Governing Authority; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Employment Security As Fiscal Agent For The Office Of Workforce Development For The Purpose Of Funding The Mississippi Connecting Career And Technical Education Employability (misscatee) Program, As Established In House Bill No. , 2026 Regular Session, For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Create The No Patient Left Alone Act; To Provide That Minor And Adult Patients In Health Care Facilities Shall Have The Right To Designate A Visitor With Visitation Rights; To Authorize Health Care Facilities To Establish Certain Visitation Policies; To Authorize Health Care Facilities To Mandate Certain Safety Protocols And To Revoke Visitation Rights For Failure To Comply; To Prohibit The Termination, Suspension Or Waiver Of Visitation Rights By Certain Parties; To Provide Certain Limitations To These Rights; To Prohibit Health Care Facilities From Requiring Patients To Waive Certain Rights; To Require The Department Of Health To Develop Certain Informational Materials; To Authorize The Department To Fine Health Care Facilities For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Tunica County Health Care Authority, Tunica County Board Of Supervisors, Or Other Authorized Managing Entity May Apply For, And The State Department Of Health Shall Issue, A Certificate Of Need For The Construction Of An Acute Care Hospital In Tunica County Upon Demonstration Of The Feasible Viability Of Such; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 73-25-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Grant A Provisional License To Practice Medicine To Certain International Physicians Who Are Sponsored By A Health Care Provider In The State, And To International Physicians Who Are Licensed To Practice In Certain Countries; To Provide That These Provisional Licenses Will Automatically Be Converted Into Full Licenses To Practice Medicine After Three Years Of Active Practice; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-4-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That All Public Community And Junior Colleges Shall Be Under The Authority And Control Of The Mississippi Community College Board; To Amend Section 37-4-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Reconstitution For The Mississippi Community College Board, To Consist Of Twelve Members Appointed By The Governor, Subject To The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, Of Which Such Members Shall Serve A Term Of Six Years; To Provide For The Terms Of The Initial Members Of The Reconstituted Board, Which Shall Commence On January 1, 2027; To Prescribe The Procedure For Selecting Board Members In The Event A Vacancy Occurs; To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Board; To Amend Section 37-4-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Qualifications Of Members Selected For Appointment To The Mississippi Community College Board; To Create New Section 37-4-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Appoint A Commissioner Of Community Colleges; To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Commissioner Of Community Colleges, Including His Or Her Ability To Hire Necessary Personnel; To Amend Section 37-4-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Community College Board; To Create New Section 37-4-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Adopt And Have An Official Seal In Such Form As It Deems Appropriate For Its Official Use; To Create New Section 37-4-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Community College Board To Develop A System Of Manpower Management Which Shall Be Implemented In All Community And Junior Colleges Under Its Control; To Amend Section 37-4-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Oversight And Accountability Of The State-funded Industrial Training Programs, Postsecondary Adult Short-term Training Programs And Workforce Education Programs Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Community College Board; To Create New Section 37-4-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Establish A Reserve Fund To Receive Funds From State, Federal Or Private Sources For The Purpose Of Guaranteeing Payment Of Loans Obtained By College Students From Public Or Private Lenders Or Banking Institutions; To Create New Code Section 37-4-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Enter Into Long-term Leases With Private Individuals Or Corporations Of Any Land Or Land With Existing Auxiliary Facilities For The Purpose Of Erecting Or Renovating, Furnishing, Maintaining And Equipping Auxiliary Facilities Thereon For Active Faculty, Staff And/or Students; To Create New Section 37-4-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create An Advisory Committee To The Mississippi Community College Board For The Lease Of The Property On Community And Junior College Campuses For The Construction Of House And Dormitory Facilities With Private Finance; To Create New Section 37-4-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Manner By Which Architects Shall Be Selected To Fulfill The Obligations Of The Lease Contract For The Construction Of Said Facilities On A Community Or Junior College Campus; To Create New Code Section 37-4-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Use Of The Design-build System Of Contract Delivery; To Create New Section 37-4-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Permit Leaseholders To Protect And Enforce Any And All Rights Granted Under The Lease; To Create New Section 37-4-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Leases Executed Under The Provisions Of This Act Shall Be Legal Investments For Trustees And Other Fiduciaries, And For Banks, Trust Companies, And Insurance Companies Authorized To Do Business In The State; To Amend Section 37-101-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 37-4-1, 37-4-5, 37-4-9, 37-4-13, 37-4-15, 37-29-1, 37-29-5, 37-29-31, 37-29-33, 37-29-37, 37-29-39, 37-29-61, 37-29-63, 37-29-65, 37-29-67, 37-29-71, 37-29-73, 37-29-75, 37-29-77, 37-29-79, 37-29-81, 37-29-85, 37-29-87, 37-29-101, 37-29-103, 37-29-105, 37-29-107, 37-29-109, 37-29-111, 37-29-113, 37-29-115, 37-29-117, 37-29-119, 37-29-121, 37-29-123, 37-29-125, 37-29-127, 37-29-131, 37-29-133, 37-29-135, 37-29-137, 37-29-139, 37-29-141, 37-29-143, 37-29-145, 37-29-161, 37-29-163, 37-29-165, 37-29-167, 37-29-169, 37-29-171, 37-29-173, 37-29-175, 37-29-177, 37-29-231, 37-29-232, 37-29-261, 37-29-263, 37-29-265, 37-29-267, 37-29-268, 37-29-269, 37-29-273, 37-29-275, 37-29-277, 37-29-305, 37-29-321, 37-29-401, 37-29-403, 37-29-405, 37-29-407, 37-29-409, 37-29-411, 37-29-413, 37-29-415, 37-29-417, 37-29-419, 37-29-421, 37-29-423, 37-29-425, 37-29-427, 37-29-429, 37-29-431, 37-29-433, 37-29-435, 37-29-437, 37-29-451, 37-29-453, 37-29-455, 37-29-457, 37-29-459, 37-29-461, 37-29-463, 37-29-465, 37-29-467, 37-29-469, 37-29-471, 37-29-501, 37-29-503, 37-29-505, 37-29-507, 37-29-509, 37-29-511, 37-29-513, 37-29-515, 37-29-551, 37-29-553, 37-29-555, 37-29-557, 37-29-559, 37-29-561, 37-29-563, 37-29-565, 37-29-567, 37-29-569, 37-29-571, 37-29-601, 37-29-603, 37-29-605, 37-29-607, 37-29-609, 37-29-611 And 37-29-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program To Reimburse Members Of The Mississippi National Guard For The Cost Of Premiums For Tricare Reserve Select Health Care Plans; To State The Purpose Of The Program; To Provide Eligibility Criteria; To Provide That Eligible Members Shall Receive A Reimbursement For Eligible Tricare Reserve Select Premiums Paid At The Current Tricare Reserve Select Premium Rate; To Require The Adjutant General Of The Mississippi National Guard To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Implementation Of The Program; To Provide That The Funds For This Program Shall Be Subject To Appropriation By The Legislature; To Require An Annual Report To The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Revise The Fresh Start Act Of 2019; To Amend Section 73-77-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Licensing Authority From Requiring An Individual To Disclose An Arrest That Was Not Followed By A Conviction, A Nonviolent Misdemeanor, A Conviction That Was Sealed, Annulled, Dismissed, Expunged, Pardoned, Overturned Or Vacated, Or A Conviction That Occurred More Than Three Years Ago; To Amend Section 73-77-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Individual May Offer Evidence Of Rehabilitation To A Licensing Authority When That Individual Petitions The Licensing Authority Regarding Whether His Or Her Criminal Record Will Disqualify The Individual From Obtaining A License; To Require The Licensing Authority To Make The Application For The Petition And Information About The Process Available Online; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Employment Security For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To The Individual Training Account Workforce Reinforcement Assistance Program For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 73-15-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Collaborative/consultative Relationship Between An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse And A Physician Or Dentist Shall Not Require That The Care Of A Patient By The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Be Directed By The Dentist Or Physician Who Is In The Collaborative/consultative Relationship With The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; To Provide That Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Shall Not Be Required To Collaborate/consult With A Physician Anesthesiologist During All Phases Of The Anesthetic Period; To Provide That A Physician Or Dentist In A Collaborative/consultative Relationship With A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Shall Not Be Required To Be In A Collaborative/consultative Relationship With A Physician Anesthesiologist; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Use Of Corporal Punishment In Public And Charter Schools; To Provide That Any Employee Who Violates The Corporal Punishment Prohibition Shall Be Held Liable For Civil Damages Suffered By A Student As A Result Of The Administration Of Corporal Punishment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-103-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Residency Requirement For In-state Tuition Rates For The Purpose Of Attending A State-supported Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Shall Be A Minimum Period Of Twelve Months; To Amend Section 37-103-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Student Who Has Resided In The State Of Mississippi For A Continuous Period Of Twelve Months, Or Who Has Received A High School Diploma From A Public Or Private Secondary School In The State Upon Evidencing That He Or She Completed The Final Scholastic Year Enrolled Therein In The Year Immediately Preceding His Or Her Enrollment In A State Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Shall Be Considered A Resident For Purposes Of In-state Tuition; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Person Convicted Of A Nonviolent Felony To Possess And Use Firearms And Deadly Weapons To Defend His Or Her Home Or Motor Vehicle; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 75-76-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Gaming Control Act Definition Of "sports Pool" And Define "digital Platform" As A Person Or Entity That Operates A Sports Pool Or Race Book Over The Internet, Including On Websites And Mobile Devices; To Amend Sections 75-76-33, 75-76-55, 75-76-79, 75-76-89, 75-76-101 And 75-76-175, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Use Of Digital Platforms; To Amend Section 75-76-177, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Gaming License Fees In Regards To Platform Gross Revenues; To Amend Section 97-33-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Fantasy Contest Act To Delete The Prohibition On Operators Offering Contests Based On The Performance Of Participants In Collegiate Sports Events; And For Related Purposes.