An Act To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Appoint A Research 1 (r1) Mississippi University To Conduct A Study On The Prevention And Reduction Of Amputations Resulting From Diabetes And Related Complications; To Specify The Subjects To Be Evaluated By The Study; To Provide For The Members Of The Study Committee; To Require The Study Committee To Submit A Report On The Results Of The Study And Recommendations To Certain Legislative Committees By December 1, 2026; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Rural Water Oversight Committee; To Define Terms; To Set Committee Membership; To Require Providers To Obtain A Rate Study And Capacity Study By December 1, 2027, And Every Five Years Thereafter; To Provide Requirements For Rates; To Provide For Modification Of Rates According To Rate Studies; To Require Providers To Develop An Asset Management Plan By December 1, 2027; To Stipulate Minimum Requirements For Such Asset Management Plan; To Allow The Committee To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Rate Studies, Capacity Studies And Asset Management Plans; To Require Providers To Set Aside A Portion Of Gross Revenues For Refurbishment And Replacement; To Require The Committee To Maintain An Approved List Of Entities To Conduct Rate Studies; To Provide Guidelines For Approval; To Require A Rate Study Or Amendment Before Commencement Of A Major Development Project; To Require Rate Studies To Be Filed With The State Auditor's Office; To Describe When A Provider Is In Fiscal Distress; To Require The Mississippi State Department Of Health To Maintain A List Of Providers In Fiscal Distress; To Require Providers In Fiscal Distress To File An Improvement Plan; To Stipulate Actions Upon Receipt Of An Improvement Plan; To Prohibit Fiscally Distressed Providers From Receiving Certain State Financial Assistance Until An Improvement Plan Is In Place; To Provide For Removal Of Board Members Upon A Finding Of Fiscal Distress; To Require Providers At 75% Capacity To Take Certain Actions; To Provide That Nothing In This Act Shall Be Construed As Conflicting With Federal Law; To Amend Section 41-3-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Payment Of New Employees' Annual Salaries Out Of The Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "2026 Youth Mental Health Access For All Act"; To Provide Legislative Findings; To Establish The "student 24/7 Teletherapy Pilot Project" Within The State Department Of Education To Award Grant Funding To School Districts, Charter Schools, And Nonpublic Schools For The Provision Of Teletherapy Services To Students In Grades 5 Through 12; To Express The Intent That The Project Be Funded From The Education Enhancement Fund; To Authorize The Department To Use Up To 10% Of The Funds Appropriated For The Project To Administer The Program; To List Minimum Vendor Qualifications; To List Required Features For The Vendor's Platform And Service Model; To Require The Department To Submit A Report To The Legislature By October 1, 2027, Detailing The Participation Rates, Usage Data, And Student Outcomes Observed During The First Year Of The Pilot Project; To Amend Section 37-61-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To Marshall County To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Planning, Engineering And Environmental Needs Related To The Completion Of The Byhalia Railroad Bridge Project For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 73-9-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Penalties For Illegally Practicing Dental Hygiene And Dentistry Without A License; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Statement Of Purpose Of The Mississippi Nursing Practice Law; To Amend Section 73-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Certain Definitions And Revise Certain Definitions In The Nursing Practice Law Regarding Advanced Nursing Practice; To Amend Section 73-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Composition Of The Mississippi Board Of Nursing To Include A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist As A Member; To Amend Section 73-15-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To The Practice Of Advanced Nursing Practice Nurses; To Provide That Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Who Have Completed Not Less Than 8,000 Practice Hours Are Exempt From Maintaining A Collaborative/consultative Relationship With A Licensed Physician Or Dentist; To Provide That Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists May Apply Hours Worked Before The Effective Date Of This Act To Fulfill The Practice Hour Requirement; To Conform Certain Provisions With The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; To Amend Section 73-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Provisions Relating To Grounds For Disciplinary Actions Against Nurses; To Amend Section 41-21-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 83-17-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Outside Testing Service Under Contract With The Commissioner Of Insurance To Administer Examinations For An Insurance Producer License To Adhere To The Standards And Best Practices Set Forth By The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Property And Casualty Insurers To Require Blighted Real Property To Be Cleaned Up Before Paying Not More Than Ninety Percent Of The Damages Owed; To Authorize The County Or Municipality To Pay The Rest; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Enforce The Provisions Of This Act And Adopt Any Rules Or Regulations Necessary; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 13-5-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Requirements For Competent Jurors; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Public Purchasing Law To Provide That Purchases That Do Not Involve An Expenditure Of More Than $15,000.00 May Be Made Without Advertising Or Otherwise Requesting Competitive Bids; 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 Provide That The Agency And Governing Authority Must Submit An Explanation As To Why A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Agency Or Governing Authority; To Provide An Exception From Complying With Certain Federal Procurement Guidelines When Federal Law Provides For Such An Exemption; To Exempt The Purchase Of Vehicles For The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Purchases Made Through County Group Purchase Contracts, And Vehicles Purchased From Other State's Purchasing Schedules As Approved By The Federal Transit Administration From Bidding Requirements; To Require The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency To Implement A Process To Create A Preferred Vender List For Disaster Clean Up; To Amend Sections 31-3-1, 31-5-37 And 31-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Create New Section 31-7-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Counties To Participate In A Group Purchasing Program For Certain Purchases; To Amend Section 31-7-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Competitive Purchasing Threshold For Certain County Purchases; To Bring Forward Section 31-7-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Congratulating Reverend Dr. Victor Dixon On Being Elected To The Esteemed Position Of President Of The Copiah Ministerial Alliance.

An Act To Amend Section 45-2-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Suicide As A Limitation For Receiving Benefits From The Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-231, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Distribution Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Persons Engaging Or Continuing In This State In The Business Of Renting Motor Vehicles Under Rental Agreements With A Term Of Not More Than Thirty Continuous Days Each; To Provide That A Portion Of Such Tax Revenue Shall Be Deposited Into The Mississippi Economic Development And Infrastructure Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-7-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Headlights Of Vehicles Shall Be Operated Whenever Conditions Necessitate The Use Of Windshield Wipers; To Prohibit The Use Of Only The Parking Lights Of Vehicles During Times When The Use Of Headlights Is Required; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require School Administrators, Teachers, Counselors Or Other Personnel Of The School To Provide Written Notification To The Parent Or Legal Guardian Of Any Student Publicly Identifying At School As A Gender Or Pronoun That Does Not Align With The Child's Sex On Their Birth Certificate, Sex Assigned At Birth Or Using Sex-segregated School Programs And Activities Or School Facilities That Do Not Align With The Child's Sex Assignment At Birth, Within Seven Days Of Becoming Aware Of Such Conduct Or Request By The Affected Student; To Provide That No School Personnel Shall Be Disciplined Or Suffer Any Unlawful Reprisal For Refusing To Acknowledge A Student By A Preferred Gender, Or Pronoun That Is Inconsistent With The Child's Sex Assignment At Birth; To Provide That No Notice Shall Be Made To Parents Or Guardians For Communications Made Confidentially To School Counselors, Administrators, Teachers And Other Personnel Of The School; To Prescribe The Legislative Intent; And For Related Purposes.