An Act To Require That Certain Insurance Policies And Contracts Shall Provide Coverage For Physician-prescribed Proton Beam Therapy For The Treatment Of Cancer As Recommended By The American Society For Radiation Oncology (astro); An Act To Amend Section 25-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan Shall Provide Coverage For Proton Beam Therapy For The Treatment Of Cancer And Certain Noncancerous Tumors; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 73-23-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances And Criteria Under Which A Physical Therapist May Implement Physical Therapy Treatment Without A Referral From Another Health Care Provider; To Amend Section 73-23-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Update The Name Of The Physical Therapy Association That Submits Lists Of Nominees For Appointments To The State Board Of Physical Therapy; To Amend Section 73-23-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Against A Physical Therapist For Implementing Physical Therapy Treatment Without A Referral To The Amendment To Section 73-23-35 In This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 73-23-33 And 73-23-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Prescription Or Referral By A Health Care Provider For Physical Therapy Services To Remain Valid For A Period Of One Year; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require That Certain Insurance Policies And Contracts Shall Provide Coverage For Obesity Treatment For An Individual Who Has A Body Mass Index That Is Thirty Percent Or More Above His Or Her Ideal Body Weight And When A Written Order Is Provided By A Physician That States The Treatment Is Medically Necessary; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Smoke-free Air Act Of 2024; To Express Certain Legislative Findings Regarding The Effects Of Secondhand Smoke And Other Risks Of Smoking; To Define Certain Terms; To Prohibit Smoking In Enclosed Public Places And Places Of Employment, In Private Clubs, In Enclosed Residential Facilities And In Certain Outdoor Public Places And Places Of Employment; To Authorize Persons To Voluntarily Designate Areas Within Their Control As Smoke-free Places; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements For Persons In Control Of Areas To Be In Compliance With This Act; To Require Persons In Control Of Areas To Post "no Smoking" Signs At All Entrances To Areas Where Smoking Is Prohibited; To Authorize The State Board Of Health To Adopt Rules And Regulations To Implement This Act; To Provide For Enforcement Of This Act; To Authorize Certain Officials And Other Persons To Apply For Injunctive Relief In Court To Enforce The Act; To Provide Penalties For Violations; To Allow Political Subdivisions To Adopt Local Ordinances Relating To Smoking That Are More Restrictive Than This Act; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Engage In A Continuing Program To Explain And Clarify The Purposes And Requirements Of This Act To Citizens Affected By It, And To Guide Owners, Operators And Managers In Their Compliance With It; To Repeal Sections 29-5-160 Through 29-5-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Clean Indoor Air Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Person Convicted Of A Nonviolent Felony To Possess And Use Firearms And Deadly Weapons To Defend His Or Her Home Or Motor Vehicle; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-42-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Department Of Health To Provide For A Nurse Practitioner To Be Present At Each County Health Department For At Least One Day Each Week In Order To Provide Persons With Contraceptive Supplies And Prescriptions For Contraceptive Supplies; To Provide That The Recipient May Be Eligible For Those Supplies And Services At No Cost Or At A Reduced Cost On A Sliding Fee Scale Based On The Income Of The Recipient; To Amend Section 41-42-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; To Amend Section 41-42-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Nurse Practitioners To Provide Contraceptive Supplies And Information To Certain Minors; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Children's Advocacy Commission; To Provide That The Commission Is Charged With Coordinating And Streamlining The State's Efforts To Provide Needed Services To Mississippi's Children; To Provide The Number Of Members On The Commission; To Require The Commission To Report To The Governor And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Not Later Than December 1 Of Each Year; To Require The Commission To Adopt Internal Organizational Procedures Necessary For The Efficient Operation Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Establish Subcommittees For Conducting Specific Programs And Activities; To Require The Commission To Create Resource Maps Of All Funds Received For Programs And Services That Support Children In This State, To Assess The Effectiveness Of Those Programs And Services And To Determine The Feasibility Of Merging, Continuing Or Discontinuing Those Programs Or Services; To Require All Agencies, Departments, Institutions And Political Subdivisions Of The State That Provide Programs Or Services To Children In This State To Create An Itemized List Of Those Programs And Services, And To Cooperate With The Commission; To Provide That The Itemized Lists Of Programs And Services Shall Be Provided To The John C. Stennis Institute Of Government At Mississippi State University Not Later Than September 1 Of Each Year; To Provide That The Stennis Institute Shall Compile The Information In Those Lists Into One Document, And Provide The Compiled Information To The Commission And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Each Year; To Require The Commission To Provide The Information Received And Prepared By It To The Department Of Human Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The Department Of Human Services, State Department Of Health And The Division Of Medicaid To Prepare A Video For Presentation In The Offices In Which Tanf Benefits, Snap Benefits, Food Through The Wic Program, Medicaid Assistance And Chip Benefits Are Provided By Those Agencies; To Provide That The Video Shall Provide Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, Prevention Of And Reducing Obesity, And The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Provide That Applicants For And Recipients Of Those Benefits May View The Video In The Office Of The Agency; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-146-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Students Admitted Annually To The Mississippi Rural Dentist Scholarship Program From Three To Six; To Amend Section 37-146-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rename The Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program As The Dr. Gene Norris Howell, Jr., Memorial Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Establish The Right Of A Disabled Veteran To Proceed On Appeal In Forma Pauperis In Cases Where A Judgment Creditor Seeks To Collect A Debt From Funds Derived From The Veteran's Disability Benefits And In Cases Where The Veteran, As A Defendant Or Plaintiff, Has Been Permitted To Proceed In Forma Pauperis In The Trial Court; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Repair, Construction, Reconstruction And Expansion Of And Upgrades And Improvements To Tracks, Lines, Bridges And Related Structures And Surfaces Necessary For The Rehabilitation And Restoration Of The Great River Railroad Line Beginning At Or Near The Port Of Rosedale In Bolivar County, Mississippi, And Running To, At Or Near The Town Of Metcalfe, In Washington County, Mississippi, As Part Of The Port Of Rosedale Multi-modal Expansion Project; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 65-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Old State Highway 6 And Old State Highway 9 In Pontotoc County, Mississippi, To The State Highway System; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-31-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow All-terrain Vehicles And Recreational Off-highway Vehicles To Operate On County Rural, Gravel Or Paved Roads; To Require, For Such Operation, Compliance With Licensing And Tagging Requirements And Other Motor Vehicle Regulations, Except Those Requiring Equipping With Windshield Wipers; To Specify That A License Tag Shall Not Authorize The Use Of An All-terrain Vehicle Or Recreational Off-highway Vehicle For Towing, Or For Operation On An Interstate Highway Or Any Other Road For Which The Speed Limit Exceeds 40 Miles Per Hour, Except For Crossing Certain Roads; To Amend Sections 27-19-3, 27-19-5, 27-19-43, 27-51-5, 63-3-103, 63-15-3 And 63-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-15-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Penalties For Illegally Dumping Solid Waste Material; And For Related Purposes.