An 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 Create New Section 73-21-154, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers And Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Certain Discriminatory Practices Relating To Entities Participating In The Federal 340b Drug Pricing Program; 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 For The Prescription Drug Or Pharmacist Service In Effect At The Time The Drug Or Service Is Administered Or Dispensed, Plus A Professional Dispensing Fee; 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 Provide That If The Appeal Is Upheld, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Shall Make The Change In The Payment To The Required Reimbursement Rate; To Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, 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 Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Pass On To The Plan Sponsor All Rebates And Payments That It Receives From Pharmaceutical Manufacturers In Connection With Claims Administered On Behalf Of The Plan Sponsor; To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Report Annually To Each Plan Sponsor The Aggregate Amount Of All Rebates And Other Payments That The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Received From Pharmaceutical Manufacturers In Connection With Claims Administered On Behalf Of The Plan Sponsor; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Ordering A Patient To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Offering Or Implementing Plan Designs That Penalize A Patient When A Patient Chooses Not To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Or The Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Interfering With The Patient's Right To Choose The Patient's Pharmacy Or Provider Of Choice; 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 Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Scholarship Program Act Of 2023" To Be Administered By The Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board; To Define Terminology; To Require The Board To Set The Dates And Deadlines For Applying For Funding For Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Courses Of Eligible Mississippi High School Students; To Provide For The Eligibility And Participation In The Program By Postsecondary Educational Institutions And Students; To Provide The Rate At Which Participating Institutions Will Be Reimbursed For Participating Students; To Exclude The Participation Of Early College Students From Participation In The Program; To Establish A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Designated The "mississippi Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Scholarship Program Fund" And To Provide That Any Unexpended Balances Appropriated By The Legislature Remaining Available At The End Of The Fiscal Year Shall Not Lapse Into The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Have At Least 25 Years Of Creditable Service In The Public Employees' Retirement System, Who Were Employed As Public School Teachers At The Time Of Their Retirement And Who Have Been Retired At Least 90 Days And Receiving A Retirement Allowance, May Be Employed As Teachers By A Public School District After Their Retirement And Receive A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System During Their Employment As Teachers In Addition To Receiving A Beginning Teacher's Salary; To Provide That Such Retired Teachers Shall Be Eligible To Return To Teaching And Continue To Receive A Retirement Benefit For A Total Of Five Years; To Stipulate The Amount To Be Paid By School Districts, Which Avail Themselves Of Reemploying Retired Teachers To Pers, For Each Teacher Reemployed Under The Authority Of This Act; To Provide That Any Time Worked By A Retired Teacher In A School District That Is Less Than A Full Contractual Term Of Traditional Teachers Shall Constitute One Of The Five Years Of Post-retirement Teaching Eligibility And The Salary Authorized For Such Individual Shall Be Prorated For Any Time Worked Less Than A Full Academic Year; To Provide That A Retired Teacher Shall Not Be Restricted To Teaching In One School District For His Or Her Period Of Post-retirement Teaching Eligibility; To Provide That School Districts Are Allowed To Employ Retired Teachers Based On The Vacant Teacher Units Allocated To The District As Determined By The Total Student Enrollment Of The School District; To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Minimum Salary For Retired Teachers Returning To The Classroom Based On His Or Her Certification Level; To Allow Retired Teachers Who Had Received National Board Certification Prior To Retirement To Continue Receiving The Annual Supplement For Such Certification; To Bring Forward Section 25-11-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; To Amend Sections 25-11-123 And 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Bring Forward Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act; To Require The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Administer The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Program For Residents Of This State Seeking An Associate's Degree, Certificate Or Diploma From An Eligible Postsecondary Institution; To Set The Eligibility Standards; To Require Scholarship Recipients To Participate In Mentoring And Community Service Programs; To Require The Board To Develop The Selection And Renewal Criteria For Students And Shall Have The Authority To Work With Outside Organizations To Develop The Most Effective Means For Delivering The Scholarships; To Provide That Mississippi Promise Scholarship At A Mississippi Public Two Year Postsecondary Institution Shall Be The Cost Of Tuition And Mandatory Fees At The Eligible Postsecondary Institution Attended Less All Other Gift Aid; To Require The Board, Mississippi Department Of Education, Mississippi Community College Board And Mississippi Institutions Of Higher Learning To Provide Assistance To The Legislature By Researching And Analyzing Data Concerning The Scholarship Program Created Under This Part, Including, But Not Limited To, Student Success And Scholarship Retention; To Provide That The "mississippi Promise Scholarship Program Fund," Shall Be Created As A Special Fund In The State Treasury From Which The Grants Authorized By This Act Shall Be Disbursed By The Office; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Mississippi Code Annotated To Add A New Section In Chapter 1 Of Title 65 To Allow For Public And Private Partnerships To Establish Electric Vehicle Charging Stations And To Allow The Mississippi Transportation Commission To Provide Grants To Private Companies For The Purpose Of Providing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-97-101, 37-97-103, 37-97-105, 37-97-107 And 37-97-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 73-42-1, 73-42-3, 73-42-5, 73-42-7, 73-42-9, 73-42-11, 73-42-13, 73-42-15, 73-42-17, 73-42-19, 73-42-21, 73-42-23, 73-42-25, 73-42-27, 73-42-29, 73-42-31, 73-42-33, 73-42-34, 73-42-35, 73-42-37 And 73-42-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Uniform Agents Act, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Youth Career And Workforce Preparation Grant Program To Be Administered By The Office Of Workforce Development; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Used By The Office Of Workforce Development, With The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security Acting As The Fiscal Agent, For The Purpose Of Providing Support For Youth After-school Programs That Help With The Development Of Soft And Hard Skills And That Are Focused On Career And Workforce Preparation; To Provide That Eligible Grant Recipients Shall Include Youth Development Non-profit Organizations Affiliated With A Congressionally Chartered National Organization That Has National Quality And Safety Standards; To Provide The Criteria That Must Be Submitted To The Office In Order For An Applicant To Be Eligible For A Grant; To Provide Reporting Requirements About The Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-19-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For Motor Vehicles With A Gross Weight Exceeding 10,000 Pounds, An Owner Of Such A Vehicle May Choose To Have A Tag Issued Under This Section With A Black Background, A White Pinstripe Border, White Lettering And Formatted The Same As The Standard Five Year Series License Tag Or Plate; To Prescribe An Additional Fee For The Issuance Of Such License Tags; To Provide For The Distribution Of The Additional Fee Collected From The Issuance Of Such License Tags; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-3-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Workers' Compensation Law To Provide That When Any Amount Is Recovered By An Injured Employee Or His Dependents (or Legal Representative) From A Third Party, Not More Than Seventy-five Percent Of That Amount Shall Be Used To Satisfy The Workers' Compensation Subrogation Lien; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tangible Personal Property" Under The State Sales Tax Law; To Define The Terms "computer Software", "computer Software Service" And "computer Service" Under The State Sales Tax Law; To Amend Section 27-65-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Taxation Of Computer Service; To Revise The Type Of Apportionment Formulae That May Be Used When A Taxpayer Performs Unitary Services; To Amend Section 27-67-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tangible Personal Property" Under The State Use Tax Law; To Define The Term "computer Software" Under The State Use Tax Law; To Provide That A Taxpayer That Has Paid A Sales Tax In Another State On Computer Software, Computer Software Service Or Computer Service That Is Taxable In This State Shall Be Allowed A Credit Against The Tax Imposed In This State On Such Computer Software, Computer Software Service Or Computer Service To The Extent That The Amount Of The Other Tax Is Properly Due And Actually Paid In The Other State And To The Extent That The Rate Of Sales Tax Imposed By And Paid In The Other State Does Not Exceed The Rate Of Sales Tax Imposed In This State; To Provide For The Allocation Of Taxable And Nontaxable Portions Of Computer Software, Computer Software Service Or Computer Service In Bundled Transactions; To Provide A Method For A Taxpayer That Paid Sales Or Use Tax To A Vendor That Collected And Remitted Such Taxes To The Department Of Revenue To Request A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For Excess Taxes Collected By The Vendor; To Clarify That A Taxpayer Using Computer Software, Computer Software Service Or Computer Service From Both Within And Without Mississippi, May Apportion The Sales Tax Or Use Tax On The Purchase Of Computer Software, Computer Software Service Or Computer Service According To The Use In Mississippi Compared To The Total Use In All States; To Bring Forward Section 27-65-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Defines Certain Terms Under The State Sales Tax, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-65-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Levies Sales Tax On Utilities, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-65-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Certain Duties Of The Commissioner Of Revenue Under The State Sales Tax Law, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-67-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Levy Of Use Tax, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist Marshall County, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A Full-time Emergency Response Center To Serve The Growing Area In And Around The Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-87-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Qualified Personnel Who Provide Early Intervention Services Under The Early Intervention Act For Infants And Toddlers To Include Individuals Who Hold A Degree In Human Development And Family Science Or Child And Family Science With A Concentration In Child Development And Licensure In Pre-kindergarten To Kindergarten; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Services And Managed Care Provisions In The Medicaid Program, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Forward-looking Infrared (flir) And Thermal Imaging Devices To The Prohibited Means Of Taking Game At Night; To Provide That A Person Who Hunts, Takes Or Kills Any Animal During Legal Hunting Hours, And Subsequently Searches For And/or Recovers Such Mortally Wounded Animal With The Aid Of A Light Or Lighting Device, Is Not In Violation Of This Section; To Clarify The Requirements For The Use Of Tracking Dogs For The Retrieval Of White-tailed Deer Shot And Wounded During Legal Hunting Hours; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Byhalia, Mississippi, In Paying Costs Associated With Relocation Of Certain Utilities And Making Street Paving Improvements; And For Related Purposes.