An Act To Prohibit School Districts From Denying Or Restricting Students Who Attend Nonpublic Schools From Participating In Courses And Extracurricular Activities At A Public School; To Prescribe Conditions Of Eligibility For Nonpublic School Student Participation In Public School; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 41-85-5, 43-11-1, 43-11-13, 47-5-28, 47-7-4 And 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Various Provisions Related To Medicaid, Corrections, Certificates Of Need And A Special Care Facility For Paroled Inmates, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 273, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Reinstate The Initiative Procedure Declared Invalid By The Mississippi Supreme Court, To Provide That The Initiative Process May Be Used To Amend The Mississippi Statutes Or To Amend The Mississippi Constitution, To Base The Number Of Signatures Required To Amend A Statute On The Last Gubernatorial Election And To Base The Number Of Signatures Required For An Initiative Petition To Amend The Constitution On The Latest Presidential Election, To Conform The Pro Rata Signature Requirements From Each Congressional District For An Initiative Petition To The Number Of Current Congressional Districts, To Specify That Petition Signature Requirements Shall Include Home Address, And To Provide That Only One Proposal Of Law And Matters Properly Connected Therewith Shall Be Contained In An Initiative Petition To Enable The Electors To Vote On That Proposal Separately.

An Act Prohibiting The Mutilation Of Girls And Young Women, Creating Civil Remedies For Victims Of Mutilation, And Providing A Statute Of Limitations For Actions Arising From Such Acts; To Amend Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create Genital Mutilation Of A Female Minor As Child Abuse; To Amend Section 93-15-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create Genital Mutilation Of A Female Minor As A Ground For Termination Of Parental Rights; To Amend Section 11-1-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Waive The Tort Claim Limits On Causes Of Action For Genital Mutilation Of A Female Minor; To Amend Section 11-46-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Waive Sovereign Immunity For A Cause Of Action Based On The Genital Mutilation Of A Female Minor; To Amend Section 15-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A New Statute Of Limitations For A Cause Of Action Founded On The Genital Mutilation Of A Female Minor; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contract Personnel, Whether Classified As Contract Workers Or Independent Contractors, Who Work More Than Thirty (30) Hours A Week, Shall Be Considered An "employee" For Purposes Of The State Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan; To Amend Section 25-9-120, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Section 25-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize Property Owners In A Residential Subdivision That Is Not Governed By A Homeowners Association To Establish Or Amend Covenants, Conditions, And Restrictions, Including Those That Run With The Land; To Authorize Property Owners In A Residential Subdivision That Is Governed By A Homeowners Association, To Establish And Amend Covenants, Conditions, And Restrictions, Including Those That Run With The Land; To Require Such Property Owners To File A Petition To Establish And/or Amend Covenants, Conditions And Restrictions, If Necessary; To Require Notice Of The Hearing On Such Petition To Be Provided Through Publication; To Provide That If The Chancellor Finds That The Petition Is Well Taken Then He Or She Shall Enter A Decree Accordingly, Which Shall Be Filed With The Chancery Clerk; To Bring Forward Sections 17-1-23, 19-5-10, 21-19-63 And 89-1-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Expressing The Support Of The Mississippi Legislature For The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen Of The Town Of Mantee, Webster County, Mississippi, To Unofficially Name The Town As "the Epicenter Of The Natchez Trace" And To Construct Appropriate Markers For Purposes Of Promotion Of Tourism.

A Concurrent Resolution Commending And Congratulating Clarksdale Guitar Wunderkind Christone "kingfish" Ingram For Winning The 2022 Grammy Award In The Contemporary Blues Album Category For His Album 662.

An Act To Amend Section 93-5-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Requirement Of Willful And Obstinate From The Ground Of Divorce For Desertion; To Provide An Additional Ground Of Divorce Where When The Court Finds There Has Been An Irretrievable Breakdown Of The Marriage And That Further Attempts At Reconciliation Are Impractical Or Futile And Not In The Best Interests Of The Parties Or Family; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-108, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Group Health Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer That Offers Group Or Individual Health Insurance Coverage Shall Not Impose Any Cost-sharing Requirements For Breast Cancer Screenings, Diagnostic Breast Examinations Or Supplemental Breast Examinations If The Group Health Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer Provides These Benefits To An Individual Enrolled Under Such Plan Or Coverage; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Nonprofit Corporations Which Receive Public Funds In Excess Of $200,000.00 To Report Distribution Of Such Funds To The Secretary Of State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "mississippi Fatherhood Initiative Fund" In The State Treasury; To Authorize The Mississippi State Department Of Health To Administer The Fund; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Fund Is To Distribute Grants To Local Units Of Governments And Nonprofits That Make Parenting Resources Available To Fathers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; To Establish The Legislative Findings Of The Act; To Provide The Applicability And Scope Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Maintain A Complete List Of Services For Which Prior Authorizations Are Required; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Any Current Prior Authorization Requirements And Restrictions Readily Accessible And Posted On Its Website; To Set Requirements For The Clinical Review Criteria Of Health Insurance Issuers; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers From Denying A Claim For Failure To Obtain Prior Authorization If The Prior Authorization Requirement Was Not In Effect On The Date Of Service On The Claim; To Require Health Insurers To Make Certain Prior Authorization Statistics Available On Their Website; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Available A Standardized Electronic Prior Authorization Request Transaction Process By January 1, 2024; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2026; To Establish Certain Requirements On Health Insurance Issuers For Prior Authorizations In Nonurgent Circumstances And Urgent Circumstances; To Provide Certain Qualifications Of Physicians Qualified To Make Adverse Determinations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Give Certain Notifications When Making An Adverse Determination; To Establish The Qualifications For Personnel Who Review Appeals Of Prior Authorizations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Periodically Review Its Prior Authorization Requirements And To Consider Removal Of These Requirements In Certain Cases; To Provide That A Health Insurance Issuer May Not Revoke Or Further Limit, Condition Or Restrict A Previously Issued Prior Authorization While It Remains Valid Under This Act Unless Certain Exclusions Are Applicable; To Provide How Long Prior Authorization Approvals Shall Be Valid; To Provide How Long The Prior Authorizations For Chronic Conditions Shall Be Valid; To Establish The Procedure For The Continuity Of Prior Approvals From Previous Health Insurance Issuers To Current Issuers; To Provide That A Failure By A Health Insurance Issuer To Comply With The Deadlines And Other Requirements Specified In This Act Shall Result In Any Health Care Services Subject To Review To Be Automatically Deemed Authorized By The Health Insurance Issuer Or Its Contracted Private Review Agent; To Authorize The Department Of Health To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Impose Upon A Private Review Agent, Health Benefit Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer An Administrative Fine Not To Exceed $10,000 Per Violation Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Report To The Department Certain Data; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Notify The Commissioner Of Insurance Of Suspected Submissions Of False Requests For Prior Authorization; To Require The Commissioner To Have An Administrative Hearing On Such Matters To Resolve The Issue; To Amend Section 41-83-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform And To Set Certain Qualifications And Time Constraints For Physicians Making Adverse Determinations Through Any Program Of Utilization Review; To Amend Section 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 47-5-26, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Employment Of Certain Commissioners Of The Department Of Corrections, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-5-28, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To Certain Powers And Duties Of The Commissioner Of The Department, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To Parole Eligibility, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Creation Of The State Parole Board, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Voting Requirements Of The Board, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Examination Of An Offender's Record, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To Conditions For Release Of Parole-eligible Inmates, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Return Of A Violator Of Parole Or Earned Release Supervision, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Lower The Age Of Majority From 21 To 18; To Amend Section 1-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Definition Of Infant; To Amend Section 1-3-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Definition Of Minor; To Amend Section 11-5-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To Sale Or Conveyance Of A Minor's Property; To Amend Section 11-46-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Savings Clause Of The Tort Claims Act To Conform; To Amend Sections 13-5-1 And 13-5-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age Of Jury Service; To Amend Section 15-1-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Limitations Applicable To Actions Or Suits To Cancel Tax Titles To Conform; To Amend Section 15-1-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Limitations Applicable To An Action By A Ward Against A Guardian Or Surety; To Amend Section 15-1-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Saving In Favor Of Persons Under Disability Of Unsoundness Of Mind Within The Chapter Addressing The Limitations Of Civil Actions; To Amend Section 21-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Militia Power Of The Mayor To Conform; To Amend Section 25-4-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "household Member" Within The Article Establishing The Mississippi Ethics Commission To Conform; To Amend Section 41-29-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Punishment Of The Distribution Of Controlled Substances To Minors To Conform; To Amend Section 43-19-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Age Of Mandatory Support In An Order Of Filiation; To Amend Section 91-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To Age Of Issue Capable Of Inheriting; To Amend Section 91-7-293, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To Final Accounting By The Heirs Of An Estate; To Amend Section 91-20-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To Transfers To Minors Within Trust And Estate Law; To Amend Section 91-20-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Custodians To Transfer Certain Custodial Property To A Minor's Estate To Conform; To Amend Section 93-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Age For Issuance Of A Marriage License; To Amend Section 93-9-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Provisions As To Age For The Terms Of A Decree For Removal Of The Disability Of A Minor; To Amend Section 93-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age Of Emancipation; To Amend Section 93-14-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Definition Of The Term "adult" For The Purposes Of The Uniform Adult Guardianship And Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; To Amend Section 93-15-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Definition Of The Term "minor Parent" In The Termination Of Parental Rights Law; To Amend Section 93-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To The Age Of Parents In An Adoption; To Amend Section 93-17-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Concerning Adoption Records To Conform; To Amend Section 93-17-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To A Person's Authority To Request Certain Information Concerning Adoption; To Amend Section 93-19-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Age For Removal Of Disability As To Real Estate; To Amend Section 93-19-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Provisions As To The Terms Of A Decree Removing The Disability Of Minority; To Amend Section 93-20-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age Of Majority Under Guardianship And Conservatorship Law To Conform; To Amend Section 97-33-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Penalty For Gambling With A Known Minor; To Amend Section 99-3-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform As To Which Persons Must Be Given Certain Notice Upon Release From Arrest; To Repeal Section 35-7-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Removal Of The Disabilities Of Minority Of Certain Veterans; To Repeal Section 91-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Removal Of The Disabilities Of Minority For Certain Executors, Executrixes, Administrators Or Administratrixes; To Repeal Section 93-3-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Removal Of The Disabilities Of Minority Of Certain Married Persons With Respect To Homestead Transactions; To Repeal Section 93-19-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That All Persons 18 Years Of Age Or Older, If Not Otherwise Disqualified, Shall Have The Capacity To Enter Into Binding Contractual Relationships Affecting Personal Property And That An 18-year-old May Sue And Be Sued In His Own Name As An Adult And Be Served With Process As An Adult; And For Related Purposes.