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in committee · Mississippi · House May 17, 2021

HR 3259: NOPAIN Act

Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act This bill temporarily establishes separate payments for certain non-opioid treatments under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services and the payment system for ambulatory surgical center services. The bill applies to pain management treatments that are able to replace or reduce opioid consumption, as shown through clinical trials or data.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

Terri A. Sewell (D) · 125 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · House May 14, 2021

HRES 401: Expressing support for designation of the month of May 2021 as "National Child Poverty Prevention Month".

This resolution supports the designation of National Child Poverty Prevention Month.

Bobby L. Rush (D) · 17 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · House May 14, 2021

HR 3235: To restrict executive agencies from acting in contravention of Executive Order 13950.

This bill prohibits any executive agency from contravening Executive Order 13950 (Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping), except as such order relates to contractors and grant recipients.

Burgess Owens (R) · 48 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · House May 14, 2021

HR 3203: To enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.

This bill waives certain eligibility requirements for hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the bill waives the required minimum proportion of low-income patients served for hospitals that began participating in the program during or prior to the COVID-19 emergency.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

Doris O. Matsui (D) · 41 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · Senate May 13, 2021

SRES 216: A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of Alcorn State University, the oldest public historically Black land-grant university in the United States.

This resolution recognizes the 150th anniversary of Alcorn State University, which is the oldest public historically Black land-grant institution in the United States.

in committee · Mississippi · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1636: Save Local Business Act

Save Local Business Act This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.

Topics ✗ Labor & Employment

in committee · Mississippi · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1644: Promising Pathway Act

Promising Pathway Act This bill establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug; and (2) there is relevant early evidence of efficacy, based on adequate and well-controlled investigations. During the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, or another epidemic or pandemic, the FDA must accept and review various portions of a provisional approval application on a rolling basis. The manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug must require patients to participate in an observational registry. A manufacturer that fails to comply with registry requirements is subject to civil penalties. A provisionally approved drug must be labeled as such. If a drug that receives provisional approval status is not brought to market within 180 days of the approval, the approval must be rescinded. The bill also limits the liability of a manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug with respect to any claim under state law alleging that the drug is unsafe or ineffective. Private health insurers and federal health care programs shall not deny coverage of a provisionally approved drug on the basis of it being experimental.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

in committee · Mississippi · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1641: ISRA

Israel Sovereignty Reassurance Act of 2021 or ISRA This bill prohibits using funds made available to the Department of State for FY2022 to implement, administer, or enforce any policy that rescinds the U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel.

in committee · Mississippi · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1609: Dynamic Glass Act

Dynamic Glass Act This bill includes electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the 30% energy tax credit. The bill defines electrochromic glass as glass that uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure, but only with respect to property whose construction begins before January 1, 2024.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

in committee · Mississippi · House May 13, 2021

HR 3185: Save Local Business Act

Save Local Business Act This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.

Topics ✗ Labor & Employment

James Comer (R) · 68 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · House May 13, 2021

HR 3224: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021

I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021 This bill addresses the policies and procedures of the Department of Defense (DOD) for cases or allegations of sex-related offenses.

Jackie Speier (D) · 207 co-sponsors

in committee · Mississippi · House May 13, 2021

HR 3172: HELPER Act of 2021

Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder Act of 2021 or the HELPER Act of 2021 This bill establishes a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage assistance to law enforcement officers, elementary and secondary school teachers, firefighters, or other first responders. Specifically, these individuals may be eligible for a one-time mortgage on a primary family residence with no down payment and no monthly mortgage insurance premium.

Topics ✓ Education ✓ Housing