An Act To Create The Offense Of Failing To Execute Parental Responsibility Of A Child; To Provide That Such Offense May Be Committed By A Parent, Lawful Guardian Or Other Person Lawfully Charged With The Care Or Custody Of A Child Who Is Under Seventeen Years Of Age; To Provide That Such Offense Is Committed When The Child Commits Certain Violent Acts And The Child Has Been Previously Charged With Or Convicted Of Similar Acts And The Parent, Lawful Guardian Or Other Person Knew Or Should Have Known Of Such Previous Act Or Acts Committed By The Child; To Provide Certain Affirmative Defenses For The Parent, Lawful Guardian Or Other Person Lawfully Charged With The Charge Or Custody Of The Child; To Provide Certain Penalties For Those Convicted Of Failing To Execute Parental Responsibility Of A Child; To Amend Section 43-21-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Section 43-21-619, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To Restitution That May Be Paid By The Parents Of A Child Who Is Under The Jurisdiction Of The Youth Court, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Baldwyn, Mississippi, For The Purpose Of Funding The County Road 170 Gas Line Extension Project For The Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program In The Department Of Finance And Administration To Provide Grants To Public Hospitals At High Financial Risk To Help Those Hospitals Be More Financially Viable So That They Can Continue To Operate And Be Available To Provide Health Care Services To The Communities In Which They Are Located; To Create A Special Fund To Be Known As The Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Fund, Which Shall Be Administered By The Department And Expended For The Sole Purpose Of Providing Grants To Public Hospitals Under The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That To Be Eligible For A Grant, A Public Hospital Must Apply For The Grant And Include Such Documentation As Specified By The Department Showing That The Hospital Is At High Financial Risk; To Provide That The Amount Of Each Grant Shall Be Determined By The Department, With Priority For Larger Grants Being Given To Public Hospitals That Are At Immediate Risk Of Closing And Whose Survival Is Critically Essential To The Community In Which It Is Located; To Provide That Within Five Business Days After Receipt Of An Application With The Required Documentation Showing That The Public Hospital Is At High Financial Risk, The Department Shall Approve The Application And Distribute The Grant To The Hospital; To Require The Department To Make Annual Reports To The Joint Legislative Budget Committee About Each Grant Made Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To A Hospital That Has A Certificate Of Need For A Forty-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility In Desoto County; To Provide That There Shall Be No Prohibition Or Restrictions On Participation In The Medicaid Program For This Hospital; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 19-5-9 And 21-19-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provisions Requiring That Counties And Municipalities Require Permitting As A Condition To Construction; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 45-47-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Dna Samples Shall Be Collected From Persons Arrested For Any Felony; To Provide That The Dna Sample Shall Be Destroyed Only Upon Receipt Of An Expungement Request From The Person Whose Dna Has Been Included In The State Database; To Amend Section 99-49-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Provision Of Law That Provides For The Preservation And Destruction Of Dna Samples; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Crime Of Reckless Endangerment; To Provide That Such Crime Shall Be A Misdemeanor; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For The Rural Nurses Recruitment And Retention Incentive Grant Program Established In House Bill No. , 2023 Regular Session, For The Fiscal Year 2024.

A Concurrent Resolution Honoring The Life And Legacy Of The Honorable And Distinguished Gentleman From Lafayette County, Former Representative Noal Akins, And Expressing Deepest Sympathy To His Family, Friends And Community Upon His Passing.

An Act To Amend Sections 45-6-7 And 45-6-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Board On Law Enforcement Officer Standards And Training To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Require Certification Of K-9 Law Enforcement Teams In The State Of Mississippi; To Bring Forward Section 45-6-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The Governor And The Division Of Medicaid To Enter Into Negotiations With The Federal Government To Obtain A Waiver Of Applicable Provisions Of The Medicaid Laws And Regulations To Create A Plan To Allow The Expansion Of Medicaid Coverage In Mississippi; To Specify The Provisions That The Governor And The Division Shall Seek To Have Included In The Waiver Plan; To Provide That If A Waiver Is Obtained To Allow The Expansion Of Medicaid Coverage, The Division Shall Amend The State Plan To Include The Provisions Authorized In The Waiver And Shall Begin Implementing The Plan Authorized By The Waiver; To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Vote Fraud, Of Any Crime Listed In Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, Or Of Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In Later Attorney General Opinions, Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction But Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Automatically Restored Once He Or She Has Satisfied All Of The Sentencing Requirements Of The Conviction; To Amend Sections 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 97-39-3 And 99-19-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish A Grant Program To Be Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority For The Purpose Of Making Grants To Municipalities And Counties To Assist With The Establishment, Development And Promotion Of Trails And Trails Related Activities And The Promotion Of Tourism And Other Business And Economic Development Purposes Associated With Such Trails And Trails Related Activities; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury, Designated As The "municipalities And Counties Trails Fund"; To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds For The "municipalities And Counties Trails Fund"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Expungement For A Conviction Of Embezzlement By A State Officer Or County Officer, Or An Officer Of Any City, Town Or Village 14 Years After Completion Of All Terms For The Conviction Of Such Crime; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Direct On-site Supervisor Of A Provider In A Managed Care Organization Under Any Managed Care Program Implemented By The Division Of Medicaid Who Has Begun The Process For Credentialing And Previously Has Not Been Denied Credentialing To Sign Off On The Work Of The Provider During The Time That The Provider Is Awaiting A Decision On His Or Her Credentialing, And To Allow The Provider To Receive Reimbursement From The Organization For The Work That Has Been Signed Off On By The Supervisor; To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Whenever The Division Determines After A Hearing That A Provider Has Violated Any Provision Of The Medicaid Law, The Division May Not Suspend Reimbursement Payments To The Provider During The Time That The Decision Of The Division Is On Appeal By The Provider, Unless The Provider Previously Has Been Convicted Of Fraud In Connection With The Medicaid Program; And For Related Purposes.