An Act To Enact The "uniform Public Expression Protection Act"; To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Provide The Circumstances For Which This Act Applies; To Provide That This Act Does Not Apply To Any Cause Of Action Asserted Against A Governmental Unit Or Employee Of Said Unit Acting Or Purporting To Act In An Official Capacity; To Provide That This Act Does Not Apply To Any Cause Of Action Asserted By A Governmental Unit Or Employee Of Said Unit Acting Or Purporting To Act In An Official Capacity To Enforce A Law To Protect Against An Imminent Threat To Public Health Or Safety; To Provide That This Act Does Not Apply To Any Cause Of Action Asserted Against A Person Primarily Engaged In The Selling Or Leasing Of Goods If The Cause Of Action Arises Out Of A Communication Related To The Person's Sale Or Lease Of The Goods Or Services; To Provide For The Timeline To Respond To A Pleading That Asserts A Cause Of Action For Which This Act Applies; To Provide The Circumstances When Proceedings Between A Moving Party And A Responding Party Are Stayed Upon The Filing Of A Special Motion For Expedited Relief To Dismiss A Cause Of Action Or Part Of The Cause Of Action; And For Related Purposes; To Provide That A Court Shall Hear A Motion Brought Under This Act Within Sixty Days After The Filing Of The Motion Unless Discovery Is Allowed Or For Other Good Cause; To Clarify That In Ruling On A Motion Under Section 3 Of This Act That A Court Shall Consider Any Evidence That It Could Consider In Ruling On A Motion For Summary Judgment Under The Mississippi Rules Of Civil Procedure; To Provide The Grounds Upon Which A Court Shall Dismiss A Cause Of Action Subject To This Act; To Provide For The Effect Of A Prejudicial Or Non-prejudicial Voluntary Dismissal By A Responding Party On The Right Of A Moving Party To Obtain Costs And Attorney's Fees; To Provide That A Court Shall Rule On A Motion Under Section 3 Of This Act Not Later Than Sixty Days After A Hearing On Said Motion; To Authorize A Moving Party To Appeal From An Order Denying A Motion In Whole Or In Part Which Must Be Filed Not Later Than Thirty Days After Entry Of The Order; To Provide The Requirements For When A Court Shall Award Costs, Reasonable Attorney Fees, And Reasonable Litigation Expenses Related To A Motion Under Section Three Of This Act; To Provide That This Act Shall Be Broadly Construed And Applied To Protect First Amendment Rights Guaranteed By The United States Constitution And The Mississippi Constitution; To Provide That In Applying And Construing This Act Consideration Shall Be Given To The Need To Promote Uniformity Of The Law With Respect To Its Subject Matter Among States That Enact It; To Direct Codification; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Health Care Professionals To Screen Birth Mothers For Depression At The Time Of Birth; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Cover Such Screening; To Provide Exemptions To Health Insurance Issuers That Are Required To Cover Such Screening; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Coverage And Reimbursement For Postpartum Depression Screening; 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 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 Create New Section 83-9-48, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "insurer" And Require Insurers To Provide Coverage For Postpartum Depression Screening; 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 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, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Services To Comply With Federal Law; To Enable Rural Hospitals To Elect Against Reimbursement For Outpatient Hospital Services Using The Ambulatory Payment Classification (apc) Methodology; To Authorize The Division To Make Payment To Nursing Facilities And To Intermediate Care Facilities For Each Day, Not Exceeding 21 Days Per Year For Nursing Facilities Or 31 Days Per Year For Intermediate Care Facilities, That A Patient Is Absent From The Facility On Home Leave; 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 Authorize The Division To Reimburse Ambulatory Surgical Care (asc) Based On 85% Of The Medicare Asc Payment System Rate In Effect July 1 Of Each Year As Set By Cms; To Provide That The Division May Develop Alternative Models For Distribution Of Medical Claims And Supplemental Payments For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services; 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 That Cannot Receive Such Services Under A Different Program; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse For Services At Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers; To Delete 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 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 Authorize The Division, Effective July 1, 2027, 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 Delete 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, 2026, For Additional Contract Periods At The Discretion Of The Division; To Authorize The Division To Enter Into A Two-year Contract Ending No Later Than June 30, 2028, 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 Amend Section 43-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Medicaid Advisory Committee And Beneficiary Advisory Council In Accordance With Federal Law; To Provide That All Members Of The Previously Established Medical Care Advisory Committee Serving On January 1, 2026, Shall Be Selected To Serve On The Medicaid Advisory Committee, And Such Members Shall Serve Until July 1, 2029; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Regarding The Jurisdiction Of The Circuit Court Concerning Certain Acts Attempted Or Committed By A Child While In Possession Of A Firearm Which Would Be A Crime Of Violence Pursuant To Section 97-3-2 If Committed By An Adult; To Amend Section 97-37-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Regarding The Transfer Of Firearms; To Create A Criminal Penalty For Shooting Or Discharging A Firearm Into A Group Of Two Or More People; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 93-21-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "abuse"; To Amend Section 93-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Chancery Courts To Consider And Issue Emergency Domestic Abuse Protection Orders; To Amend Section 93-21-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish Service Procedures For Emergency, Temporary, And Final Domestic Abuse Protection Orders; To Amend Section 93-21-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 73-13-1, 73-13-3, 73-13-5, 73-13-7, 73-13-9, 73-13-11, 73-13-13, 73-13-15, 73-13-17, 73-13-19, 73-13-21, 73-13-23, 73-13-25, 73-13-27, 73-13-29, 73-13-31, 73-13-33, 73-13-35, 73-13-37, 73-13-39, 73-13-41, 73-13-43 And 73-13-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Licensure Provisions For Engineers To Include Licensure For Land Surveyors; To Include Definitions Related To Surveying; To Provide The Members Of The Board Of Licensure For Professional Engineers And Surveyors; To Provide The Terms Of Office For The Newly Constituted Board Shall Be Six Years; To Revise The Qualifications Of The Board Members; To Provide That Members Of The Board Shall Hold Four Quarterly Meetings Each Year, And Failure To Attend Two Consecutive Quarterly Meetings May Result In Removal From The Board; To Increase The Application Fees, The Renewal Fees And Certificate Of Authority Fees For Licensure As A Professional Engineer Or Professional Surveyor; To Provide That A Sole Proprietorship, Owned And Operated By A Licensee, And A Professional Association Of Licensed Professional Engineers Or Licensed Professional Surveyors Shall Not Be Required To Obtain A Certificate Of Authority; To Create New Section 73-13-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Surveyor May Enter In Or Upon Certain Lands Without Criminal Liability For Trespass; To Provide Limited Civil Liability For The Surveyor; To Create New Section 73-13-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Applicability Of The Sections Related To Licensure Of Professional Engineers And Professional Surveyors And That Certain Activities Shall Not Be Prevented Or Affected As A Result Of Those Sections; To Repeal Sections 73-13-71 Through 73-13-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Licensure Of Land Surveyors; To Amend Sections 19-27-1, 73-63-5, 85-7-401, 97-17-85, 97-17-93 And 97-17-97, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 9-21-1 Through 9-21-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establish The Administrative Office Of Courts, For Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 9-23-1 Through 9-23-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Enact The Alyce Griffin Clarke Intervention Court Act, For Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 9-23-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Drug Court Fund In The State Treasury, For Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 9-25-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Veteran Treatment Courts, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 9-27-1 Through 9-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Enact The Rivers Mcgraw Mental Health Treatment Court Act, For Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-5-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Release Of Records; To Provide For The Release Of Records To Third Parties Under Certain Conditions; To Amend Section 71-5-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department To Hold A Hearing To Determine If Good Cause Exists For An Employer Failing To Respond To A Subpoena; To Authorize The Department To Assess A Penalty After A Hearing; To Authorize The Department To File A Petition In Circuit Court Upon The Failure Of The Employer To Pay Such Penalty; To Amend Section 71-5-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department To Schedule An Administrative Hearing For Good Cause Upon An Employer's Failure To Produce Records; To Grant The Department And Its Agents Authority To Perform Certain Actions; To Require Fines Collected To Be Deposited In The Mississippi Special Employment Security Administration Fund; To Authorize The Department To Seek The Assistance Of The Sheriff For Collection Of The Penalty; To Create New Section Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Electronic Payment Of Unemployment Insurance And Training Taxes; To Amend Section 71-5-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Department Discretion To Adjust Application Of Certain Rules Upon A Showing Of Good Cause Or A Showing Of Fraud Upon The Employer By Its Predecessor Or The Firm It Retained To File Tax Reports; To Authorize Employers To Submit A Written Request For Review And Redetermination Of Their Contribution Rates Setting Forth Good Cause For Failure To File Any Two Quarterly Reports Within The Qualifying Period; To Amend Section 71-5-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Review The Reasons Given For Failure To Make Contributions; To Authorize The Executive Director To Waive Unemployment And Training Taxes, Penalties, Interest And Process Costs Or Any Combination Thereof Upon A Finding Of Good Cause By The Department; To Amend Section 71-5-543, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Ineligibility Upon Certain Conditions; To Require All Waivers To Be Granted Based Upon A Consideration Of Ability To Repay, Good Cause, Equity And Good Conscience And Financial Impact Of The Waiver Upon The Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Chancery Youth Court Act Of 2026; To Amend Section 43-21-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Recognize The Uniform Rules Of Youth Court Practice; To Amend Section 43-21-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Terms "youth Court," "judge," And "child In Need Of Supervision,"; To Define The Terms "youth Court Prosecutor," "intake Officer," "intake Unit," "pre-petition Guardian," "diversion" And "data Management System"; To Delete The Term "designee" From And After January 1, 2028; To Amend Section 43-21-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be Additional Chancellors In Each Chancery Court District Provided In Chapter 5, Title 9, As Needed, To Be Determined Under This Section; To Delete The Authority For The Creation Of A Youth Court Division As A Division Of The Municipal Court In Any City If The Governing Authorities Of Such City Adopt A Resolution To That Effect; To Create New Section 43-21-108, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Transfer Of The Causes And Docket Of Each Regular Or Special Youth Court Referee No Later Than January 1, 2028; To Provide The Procedure For The Election Of Candidates For The Judicial Offices Created By Virtue Of This Act; To Repeal Section 43-21-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes Regular Or Special Youth Court Referees On January 1, 2028; To Amend Section 43-21-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement For An Individual Youth Court Judge To Appoint A Person To Function As An Intake Unit; To Amend Section 43-21-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Youth Court Prosecutor Shall Represent The State In All Delinquency Proceedings; To Provide That The Child Welfare Agency Shall Represent The Petition In Child Welfare Matters; To Provide That The County Prosecuting Attorney In Delinquency Matters Shall Serve As The Youth Court Prosecutor; To Amend Section 43-21-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 43-21-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Guardian Ad Litem Shall Not Become Involved In Any Youth Court Matter Prior To Either A Written Custody Order Or The First Judicial Hearing; To Provide That Any Guardian Ad Litem Not Appointed By The Administrative Office Of Courts Shall Report All Fees Received To The Administrative Office Of Courts, Including In Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings; To Amend Section 43-21-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Section 43-21-125, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Mississippi Council Of Youth Court Judges; To Create New Section 43-21-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Family Services Forum For Mississippi Children, Youth, And Families; To Set Forth The Membership, Duties, And Procedure Of The Forum; To Amend Section 43-21-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Language That Prohibits The General Public From Youth Court Hearings; To Create New Section 43-21-204, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "youth Court Proceeding"; To Provide That The General Public Shall Be Admitted To Any Hearing In A Youth Court Proceeding, Including, But Not Limited To, Any Adjudicatory Hearing Or Any Dispositional Hearing With Certain Exceptions; To Provide That The Court May Close A Youth Court Hearing Only After A Finding On The Record And Issuance Of A Signed Order Stating The Reason Or Reasons For Closing All Or Part Of A Hearing In A Youth Court Proceeding; To Amend Section 43-21-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 43-21-257, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement Of The Office Of Youth Services Within The Department Of Human Services To Maintain A State Central Registry; To Delete Language To Conform To The Repeal Of Section 43-21-267; To Direct The Appropriate Entity To Seek A Court Order To Place A Perpetrator On The Registry In Every Case In Which The Agency Is Involved And In Which The Court Substantiates Abuse Or Neglect; To Amend Section 43-21-261, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Disclosure Of Youth Court Records; To Delete Language Requiring A Court Order To Disclose Youth Court Records; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 43-21-263, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Expungement Of Records Involving Children; To Conform To The New Section 43-21-204; To Repeal Section 43-21-267, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates A Criminal Penalty For The Disclosure Of Certain Records; To Repeal Section 43-21-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes A Law Enforcement Officer To Stop And Question Certain Children In Public; To Amend Sections 43-21-307 And 43-21-311, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 43-21-351, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Delinquency Reports To Include Either A Law Enforcement Report Or A Sworn Affidavit; To Increase The Annual Required Hours Of Training For An Intake Officer; To Require The Training To Be Provided By The Administrative Office Of Courts; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Bring Forward Section 43-21-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes Mandatory Reporting And Investigations By The Department Of Child Protection Services, For Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 43-21-357, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Youth Court Intake Officer Upon Receiving A Neglect Or Abuse Report To File A Recommendation And Give Notice To The Appropriate Entity Within A Certain Timeframe; To Require The Youth Court Prosecutor, Within A Certain Timeframe, In Delinquency Matters To Take Certain Actions; To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services Or The Youth Court Prosecutor, Within A Certain Timeframe, In Child Welfare Matters To Take Certain Actions; To Provide That A Case Closure Notice Shall Be Reviewable By The Youth Court For 30 Days After The Entry Of The Notice By The Court, The Youth Court Prosecutor, Or The Department Of Child Protection Services; To Amend Sections 43-21-405 And 43-21-407, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Create New Section 43-21-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Division Of Youth Services Of The Department Of Human Services To Establish And Administer A Youth Diversion Program That Seeks To Divert Youth From The Youth Justice System And Integrate Restorative Justice Practices; To Amend Section 43-21-451, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement Of Court Authorization To Draft And File A Petition; To Require The Same Timeframe For Filing A Petition For All Cases; To Amend Section 43-21-501, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Be Summonsed Only In Child Welfare Matters; To Amend Section 43-21-557, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Youth Court To Explain To The Parties The Full Range Of Possible Dispositional Alternatives At The Beginning Of Each Adjudicatory Hearing; To Amend Section 43-21-609, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Alternatives Of The Disposition Order In Neglect And Abuse Cases; To Amend Section 43-21-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Court To Conduct A Shelter Review Hearing Within A Certain Period Of Days Of Removal If There Has Been No Adjudication And Within A Certain Period Of Days Thereafter Until Adjudication; To Amend Section 43-21-621, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove An Outdated Reporting Requirement Of The Administrative Office Of Courts Related To Juveniles Reported To Principals; To Amend Section 43-21-625, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement Of The Department Of Human Services To Develop And Implement A Wilderness Training Program For First Time Youth Offenders By Deleting The Word "shall" And Inserting The Word "may" In Lieu Thereof; To Repeal Section 43-21-703, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prescribes The Required Duties Of The Mississippi Commission On A Uniform Youth Court System And Procedures To Study The Youth Court System And Report Any Proposed Changes By Certain Date; To Repeal Section 43-21-751, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Comprises The Teen Court Pilot Program Act; To Amend Section 43-21-801, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Youth Court Support Program To Provide That Subject To Appropriation By The Legislature The Administrative Office Of Courts Shall Provide Youth Court Intake Officers And One Court Administrator To Each Youth Court In The State; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 43-27-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties Of The Director Of The Office Of Community Services; To Revise The Duties Of The Division Of Youth Services; To Provide A Nondelegable Duty For The Office Of Community Services To Maintain Data Regarding The Division Of Youth Services; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 45-33-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Definition Of The Term "data Management System"; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 93-15-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In The Event That The Guardian Ad Litem Is Not Appointed By The Administrative Office Of Courts, The Guardian Ad Litem Fees Shall Be Determined In The Discretion Of The Court And Assessed By Order To The County And A Copy Of Such Assessment Shall Be Transmitted To The Administrative Office Of Courts; To Amend Section 93-31-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 9-5-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Chancery Clerk To Prepare And Forward Certain Information Related To Guardians Ad Litem For Every Case, Including Youth Court Cases, Where The Guardian Ad Litem Fee Exceeds $1,000.00; To Amend Sections 9-5-165 And 9-21-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That A Charitable Organization Shall Be Immune From Civil Liability For Any Act Or Omission Arising Out Of, Related To, Or Occurring In Connection With The Provision Of Services, Assistance, Aid, Shelter, Transportation, Communications, Logistics, Security, Utilities, Emergency Response, Or Other Related Activities During A Declared Emergency, A Government-ordered Emergency, Or An Impending Weather Event; To Provide That The Immunity From Civil Liability Granted Under This Act Shall Not Apply To Any Act Or Omission Arising Out Of Wanton, Willful, Or Intentional Misconduct; To Provide That The Immunity Granted Under This Act Shall Not Be Subject To Exception, Limitation, Or Qualification Based Upon The Nature Of The Conduct Giving Rise To The Claim Except As Provided In This Act; To Define The Terms "impending Weather Event" And "charitable Organization"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize A Consumer Who Is A Seller Or Buyer To Make An Affirmative Election Of A Specific Type Of Brokerage Service That Is Available From A Real Estate Company By Signing A Brokerage Agreement Under The Provisions Of Chapter 35, Title 73, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Require Such Agreement To Contain A Statement Of The Terms And Conditions Of The Brokerage Services That The Company Will Provide And Information On How The Company And Licensees Will Be Compensated For The Brokerage Services To Be Provided; To Provide That A Licensee Shall Not Be Required To Enter Into A Brokerage Agreement With A Customer Who Is A Prospective Buyer In Order For A Licensee To Provide A Tour Of A Property To That Prospective Buyer; To Set Forth When A Written Brokerage Agreement Shall And Shall Not Be Required; To Identify Types Of Real Property To Which The Preceding Provisions Apply And To Exclude Certain Transfers From Such Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 43-8-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Mississippi Long-term Care Ombudsman Act; To Create New Section 43-8-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth Legislative Purpose; To Create New Section 43-8-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms Used In The Act; To Create New Section 43-8-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The State Long-term Care Ombudsman Program (program) In The Mississippi Department Of Human Services (department) In The Division Of Aging And Adult Services (division); To Create New Section 43-8-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Identify The Purpose Of The Program And The Duties And Authority Of The State Long-term Care Ombudsman (state Ombudsman); To Create New Section 43-8-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Ombudsman To Designate Districts To Carry Out The Duties Of The Program Within Local Communities And To Set Forth Duties Of Representatives Of The Program; To Create New Section 43-8-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Ombudsman And Representatives Of The Program Are Not Mandatory Reporters Except Under Certain Circumstances; To Create New Section 43-8-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Conflicts Of Interest And Require Representatives To Certify Prior To Appointment And Annually That He Or She Does Not Have A Conflict Of Interest; To Create New Section 43-8-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department, In Consultation With The State Ombudsman, To Adopt Rules Implementing State And Local Complaint Procedures; To Create New Section 43-8-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Representative Of The Program To Identify And Investigate Within A Reasonable Time Certain Complaints Made By Or On Behalf Of A Resident; To Create New Section 43-8-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Representative Of The Program To Conduct Periodic Onsite Facility Visits; To Create New Section 43-8-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Appropriate Remedial Action And The Establishment Of Target Dates For Such Action In Response To Certain Complaints; To Create New Section 43-8-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate Certain Information As Confidential; To Create New Section 43-8-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Office Of The State Long-term Care Ombudsman Program To Establish A Statewide Toll-free Telephone Number And E-mail Address For Receiving Complaints Concerning Matters Adversely Affecting The Health, Safety, Welfare Or Rights Of Residents; To Provide Information Related To The Program To Each Resident Or Representative Of A Resident Upon Admission To A Long-term Care Facility; To Create New Section 43-8-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Immunity; To Create New Section 43-8-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Long-term Care Facilities To Provide Representatives Of The Program With Access To Certain Records; To Create New Section 43-8-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Interference With A Representative Of The Program In The Performance Of Official Duties And To Establish Penalties For Violations; To Create New Section 43-8-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Meet The Costs Of The Program From Appropriated Funds; To Create New Section 43-8-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Program To Maintain A Statewide Uniform Reporting System To Collect And Analyze Data Relating To Complaints And Conditions In Long-term Care Facilities And To Residents For The Purpose Of Identifying And Resolving Complaints And To Annually Publish Information Pertaining To The Number And Types Of Complaints Received; To Create New Section 43-8-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Ombudsman Shall Ensure That Appropriate Training Is Provided To All Representatives Of The Program; To Repeal Sections 43-7-51 Through 43-7-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Provisions Of Law That Constitute The Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 89-10-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete A Provision Of The Real Property Owners Protection Act Related To Squatters; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 9-27-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "court" Or "mental Health Treatment Court"; To Amend Section 9-27-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Presiding Judge Of Any Circuit, County Or Municipal Court To Establish A Mental Health Treatment Court; To Authorize A Mental Health Treatment Court To Operate Within An Existing Court Or Intervention Court; To Provide That Subject To Appropriation By The Legislature A Mental Health Treatment Court Shall Operate Using A Multidisciplinary Team; To Amend Section 9-27-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Eligibility Requirements Of A Mental Health Treatment Court; To Amend Section 9-27-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Court To Impose Sanction Or Terminate The Participation Of The Offender And Refer The Case To The Court Of Origin To Resume Criminal Proceedings If The Participant Fails To Comply With The Requirements Of A Mental Health Treatment Court; To Bring Forward Sections 9-27-1, 9-27-3, 9-27-9, 9-27-13, 9-27-15, 9-27-17 And 9-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Remaining Provision Within Chapter 27 Of Title 9, For Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 85-7-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Notice Requirement Required To Be Given By Towing Companies To An Owner Or Lienholder Of A Towed Vehicle; To Authorize A Civil Penalty Imposed By The Department Of Insurance For Failure To Make A Good Faith Effort To Comply With The Requirements Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.