An Act To Reenact Sections 77-1-1 Through 77-1-6, 77-1-11, 77-1-15, 77-1-25 Through 77-1-43, 77-1-47 And 77-1-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Public Service Commission And Prescribe Its Powers And Duties; To Bring Forward Section 77-1-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Process For Instituting And Conducting Legal Proceedings For The Enforcement Of Statutes And Regulations Administered By The Commission And Which Is Being Added To The Repealer Section, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 77-1-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Repealer On The Statute Authorizing The Commission And Public Utilities Staff To Hire Attorneys And Consultants For Certain Proceedings; To Amend Section 77-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Sections 77-1-53 And 77-1-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In The Section Providing For The Automatic Repeal Of Those Statutes Creating The Public Service Commission And Prescribing Its Powers And Duties And To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On Those Statutes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That, Except As Specifically Permitted By Law As An Exception By The Legislature, It Is Unlawful For Any Person To Buy Or Sell Or To Offer For Sale, Exchange For Merchandise, Or Other Consideration, Any Game Birds, Animals, Or Fish, Or Parts Thereof, Whether Taken Within, Or Coming From Without, The State; To Bring Forward Sections 49-7-53 And 49-7-141, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Shipment Of Game Animals And Class I Violation Penalties, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-111-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The State Board Of Institutions Of Higher Learning And Any College Or University Under Its Jurisdiction From Requiring Fraternities And Sororities To Accept Any Person Who Has Gender Reassignment Surgery, Gender Transition Or Any Gender Transition Procedures; To Amend Section 37-111-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; 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, 2025; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2027; 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 Their 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 Insurance To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Insurance 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 Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 83-1-101 And 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-83-5, 41-83-7, 41-83-9, 41-83-11, 41-83-15, 41-83-17, 41-83-19, 41-83-23, 41-83-25, 41-83-27 And 41-83-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 17-13-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Agreements For The Provision Of Services Or Facilities By Certain County Officials Be Submitted, Approved, And Executed By The Respective County Official, Subject To The Same Standards And Processes Used By The Attorney General; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 19-5-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Authority Of Certain Counties To Levy An Ad Valorem Tax Up To Seven Mills For The Purpose Of Operating And Maintaining A Garbage Or Rubbish Collection Or Disposal System; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Compensation For Indigent Counsel; To Bring Forward Section 25-32-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Compensation For Public Defenders, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Compensation For Judges And District Attorneys, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Authority To Exceed The Statutory Salary Cap For Certain Professionals Employed By An Elected State Or District Officer; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The City Of Cleveland, Mississippi, In Paying The Costs Associated With The Extension Of Airport Terminal Road At The City Of Cleveland Municipal Airport; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Section 27-7-22.42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes An Income Tax Credit For Qualified Railroad Reconstruction Or Replacement Expenditures And New Rail Infrastructure Expenditures, And Which Was Repealed By Operation Of Law On January 1, 2024; To Amend Reenacted Section 27-7-22.42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Income Tax Credit; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-7-1.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Wildlife In Mississippi Belongs To The Citizens Of The State At Large; To Provide That The State Has A Duty To Protect And Sustain Its Wildlife For The Public's Benefit, As Well As The Duty And Authority To Defend The Public's Interest In The State's Wildlife, In Accordance With Sound Scientific Principles; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 75-35-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Sale Of Any Food That Contains A Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mrna) Vaccine Or Vaccine Material Unless The Food Labeling Contains A Conspicuous Notification Of The Presence Of The Mrna Vaccine Or Vaccine Material In The Food; To Provide That Nothing Prohibits A Person From Labeling Meat Or A Meat Product As "mrna Free" If The Animals From Which The Meat Or Meat Product Was Derived Were Not Administered An Mrna Vaccine; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Designate The American Quarter Horse As The "official State Horse Of The State Of Mississippi"; To Designate The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle As The "official Sea Turtle Of The State Of Mississippi"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Municipalities That Have Voted In Favor Of Coming Out From Under The Dry Law May Enforce Such Proper Rules And Regulations For Fixing Zones And Territories To Promote Public Health, Morals, And Safety, As They May By Ordinance Provide; To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors Of Any County That Has Voted In Favor Of Coming Out From Under The Dry Law May Make Similar Rules And Regulations As To Territory Outside Of Municipalities; To Provide That Municipalities May Enforce Such Proper Location Of Package Retailer Stores Within The Municipality By Application Of A Properly Adopted Zoning Ordinance; To Amend Section 67-1-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division Of The Department Of Revenue Shall Not Issue Any Permit Which Would Conflict With Any Zoning Ordinance Legally Adopted By The Governing Authorities Of Any Municipality Or Rule Or Regulation Of Any Board Of Supervisors Of Any County As Set Forth In Section 67-1-7; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit The Not-for-profit Association, Corporation Or Other Organization Established And Operated For The Purpose Of Regulating Public High School Athletics And Extracurricular Activities, Formally Known As The Mississippi High School Activities Association (mhsaa), From Requiring Member Schools To Charge Students Attending Such Activities More Than $2.00 For Admission Into The Regulated Events; To Provide That Students Must Present His Or Her Student Identification Card At The Admissions Gate To Receive The Discounted Pricing; To Provide That Students Age Five Years And Younger Shall Be Granted Free Admission; And For Related Purposes.