An Act To Amend Sections 73-25-1, 73-25-3, 73-25-5, 73-25-14, 73-25-17, 73-25-21, 73-25-23, 73-25-27, 73-25-28, 73-25-29, 73-25-30, 73-25-31, 73-25-32, 73-25-33, 73-25-34, 73-25-53, 73-25-55, 73-25-57, 73-25-59, 73-25-61, 73-25-63, 73-25-65, 73-25-83, 73-25-87, 73-25-89 And 73-25-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Definitions Under The Medical Practice Act; To Clarify Certain Procedures To Obtain A License To Practice Medicine; To Provide For Electronic Notice Of License Renewal; To Provide Procedures For Physicians To Request Retired Status; To Clarify Procedures For The Issuance Of A Temporary License To Practice Medicine; To Clarify Procedures For Issuance Of A License By Reciprocity; To Revise Certain Procedures For Disciplinary Action Against Licenses, The Issuance Of Subpoenas By The Board Of Medical Licensure, The Grounds For Disciplinary Action, The Options Available To The Board Following Disciplinary Hearings Against Licensees, And Petitions For Reinstatement Of Licenses; To Clarify The Action Of The Unlawful Practice Of Medicine And The Authority Of The Board To Seek Injunctive Relief; To Delete A Certain Exception To Licensure; To Include Behavioral Conduct That Could Be Addressed By Treatment To The List Of Reasons A Licensee Shall Be Subject To Restriction Of Their License; To Clarify Certain Procedures Under The Disabled Physician Law; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Revise Disciplinary Action That The Board Is Authorized To Take, Including Placing A Licensee On Probation Or Imposing A Punitive Fine; To Provide That A Hearing Must Be Held Within 30 Days If The Board Determines That A Physician's Continuation Of Practice Is An Immediate Danger; To Exclude Individuals Engaged Solely In The Practice Of Midwifery From The Chapter; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Create New Section 73-43-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Physician Health Program To Provide Performance Statistics To The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To Amend Section 73-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Additional Members Of The Board Who Shall Be Members Of The Public Not Related To The Healthcare Industry; To Repeal Sections 73-25-7, 73-25-9, 73-25-15, 73-25-19, 73-25-25, 73-25-39 And 73-25-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Require The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Meet At The Capitol At Least Once Each Year For The Purpose Of Examining Applicants; Which Provides For The Fee Charged By The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Apply For A License To Practice; Which Provides For The Procedures For Lost Medical Licenses; Which Provides For Certain Provisions Related To Nonresident Physicians; Which Provides For Certain Procedures For Those Desiring To Practice Osteopathic Medicine In The State; Which Allows The State Board Of Medical Licensure To Contract For The Acquisition Of Books And Other Records; Which Provides A Technical Reference To The Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi Architect Licensing Laws To Authorize Multi-disciplinary Firms To Include Architects, Landscape Architects And/or Engineers As Long As One Active Member Or Stockholder Holds A Certificate To Practice Architecture In The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide Certain Procedures For Law Enforcement Agencies Concerning The Investigation Into A Missing Or Unidentified Person; To Require A Law Enforcement Agency To Initiate Certain Procedures Upon The Receipt Of A Credible Report Of A Missing Or Unidentified Person; To Require Certain Information About The Missing Or Unidentified Person To Be Entered Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System; To Prohibit A Law Enforcement Agency From Requiring A Delay Before Accepting A Report Or Requiring The Appearance Of A Next Of Kin Before Initiating A Missing Persons Investigation; To Require A Law Enforcement Agency Or The State Medical Examiner To Enter A Report Of A Missing Child Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System Without Delay; To Require The State Medical Examiner Test The Dna Of Unidentified Human Remains Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy Testing; To Amend Section 41-61-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "unclaimed Human Remains" And "unidentified Human Remains"; To Amend Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Body Is Unidentified Human Remains, The Body Shall Be Submitted To The State Medical Examiner; To Amend Section 41-61-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Upon Discovery Unidentified Human Remains Or Anatomical Material Suspected Of Being Part Of The Human Body Shall Be Submitted To The State Medical Examiner; To Provide That The Willful Destruction Of A Body, Body Part Or Unidentified Human Remains Shall Be A Felony; To Require The County Medical Examiner Investigator To Enter Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System All Unclaimed Human Remains Cases Within A Certain Amount Of Days; To Amend Section 41-39-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Physician, Hospital, Funeral Director, Embalmer, County Medical Examiner Or Other Person Acquiring Possession Of Unidentified Human Remains To Submit The Remains To The State Medical Examiner And Not Subject The Remains To Cremation, Embalming Or Other Destructive Treatment; To Amend Section 45-6-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Certain Amount Of Training Related To The Investigation Of Unidentified And Missing Persons For Law Enforcement Officers; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Defender To Provide Legal Representation To Certain Persons Where A Constitutional Right To Counsel Exists; To Direct The State Defender To Promulgate, Implement And Enforce Standards For Such Counsel; To Provide That Such Standards Shall Be Subject To The Approval Of The Supreme Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 83-51-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Insurer Shall Not Maintain A Dental Plan That Is Based On A Provider's Contracted Fee For Covered Services, Or That Uses Downcoding Or Bundling In A Certain Manner; To Require An Insurer To Ensure That An Explanation Of Benefits For A Dental Plan Includes The Reason For Any Downcoding Or Bunding Results; To Set Certain Definitions Related To The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 71-5-507, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duration Of Unemployment Compensation Benefits; To Bring Forward Section 71-5-503, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The State Personnel Board To Amend The Variable Compensation Plan As Necessary To Award A Salary Increase To Each State Employee Whose Salary Is Funded By The State General Fund In The Amount Of A 6% Across-the-board Increase Per Year Beginning July 1, 2023; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require A Regulatory Reduction Program For Certain Pilot Agencies; To Require Pilot Agencies To Develop A Baseline Regulatory Catalog And Report Certain Data To The Secretary Of State; To Provide That No Pilot Agency May Adopt A New Regulation Unless It Simultaneously Removes Two Or More Other Existing Regulations; To Require The Peer Committee To Review The Regulatory Reduction Efforts Of The Pilot Agencies And Report To The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 93-17-206, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Bureau Of Vital Records Of The State Board Of Health To Issue, Upon Request, A Copy Of The Original Birth Certificate Of An Adoptee Who Is 24 Years Of Age Or Older; To Amend Section 93-17-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Bureau To Prepare A Contact Preference Form That A Birth Parent May File With The Bureau Indicating The Birth Parent's Preference Regarding Being Contacted By A Child The Parent Placed For Adoption; To Require The Bureau To Release A Contact Preference Form, If Any, To An Adoptee Whenever The Adoptee Is Issued An Original Birth Certificate; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-1-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Fraud Investigators And The Executive Director Of The Department Of Human Services To Drive Unmarked Vehicles; And For Related Purposes.

A Concurrent Resolution Commending Friends Of Mississippi Veterans For Its Tremendous Philanthropic Work On Behalf Of Mississippi Veterans And Expressing Great Appreciation To Mr. Jack Winstead For His Many Years Of Visionary Leadership.

An Act To Amend Sections 25-11-103 And 25-11-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters And Emergency Management Agency Personnel Who Became Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System On Or After July 1, 2024, Shall Be Entitled To Receive A Retirement Allowance With 25 Years Of Service Regardless Of Age; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-103-159, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact The Federal Funding Transparency Act; To Revise The Information Required To Be Contained In The Report Provided By A State Agency, Department Or Institution With Its Annual Budget Request Submission; To Impose A Civil Penalty Of $100.00 Per Violation, Per Day, Plus All Reasonable Attorney's Fees And Costs In Circuit Court, On Any Agency Head Or Director, Or Individual Holding A Substantially Similar Position, Who Neglects To Annually Provide The Report Required; To Provide That The Individual Shall Be Personally Liable For These Amounts, And Sovereign Immunity Shall Not Be An Affirmative Defense; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 27-31-7, 27-31-101 And 27-31-105 And 27-31-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Exempt From Ad Valorem Taxation, Except Ad Valorem Taxes For School District Purposes, The Value Of Raw Materials And Work-in-progress Inventory; To Ratify Any Such Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes Granted Before July 1, 2024; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The "safeguarding Teens From Out-of-state (abortion) Procedures (stop) Act"; To Declare Certain Legislative Findings; To Define Certain Terms; To Create A Felony Offense For Procuring An Abortion Or Abortion-inducing Drug For A Minor Girl Or For Aiding In The Procurement Of An Abortion By Harboring Or Transporting A Minor Girl With The Intent To Conceal The Abortion From The Child's Parents; To Declare That It Is Not An Affirmative Defense That The Abortion Occurred In Another State; To Authorize Civil Remedies For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Legislature To Appoint Members To Intervene In Any Case Challenging The Constitutionality And Enforceability Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.