Friday, February 26, 2010

Read 'em and weep

Yesterday's actions in the Legislature:

SB #2015: Title suff. to pass (House). Bans bullying in schools. Bill status

SB #2520: Title suff. to pass (House). Clarifies accomodations for testing students with disabilities. Bill status

SB #2734: Title suff. to pass as amended (House). Revises licensing laws for bail agents and bans nepotism. Bill status

SB #2801: Title suff. to pass as amended (House). Fines municipalities $100 a day for not turning in election reports after a deadline. Bill status

SB #2834: Title suff. to pass as amended (House). Deletes reponsibility of supervisors to approve sales or rental amounts of 16th section land. Bill status

HB #1688: Motion to reconsider tabled in Senate. $300 million bond issue for roads. Bill status

HB #1716: Transmitted to Senate. Gives income tax credit for donating land for wildlife and conservation purposes. Commission of W&F will approve applications for credit. Bill status

SB #2344: Returned for concurrence. Protects victims of domestic violence from discrimination by insurance companies. Bill status

SB #2523: Signed by Speaker & sent to Governor. Allows Mississippi Industries for the Blind to set up a non-profit corporation. Bill status

HB #1440: Title suff. to pass as amended (Senate). Sets fees for amounts dredged from wetlands and imposes other requirements. Bill status

HB #1399: Title suff. to pass (Senate). Allows MDA to make block grants for the improvements of water systems. Bill status

HB #1456: Title suff to pass as amended (Senate). "If a coroner uses a medical examiner for any purpose, the medical examiner shall possess the qualifications provided for county medical examiners in subsection (1) and he shall be certified in pathology by the American Board of Pathology and he must be on the list of approved medical examiners of the Department of Public Safety." Bill status

HB #1548: Passed the House. Establish a committee to study Flood and Drainage control districts. Bill status

SB #2574: Title sufficient to pass (House). Auctions hunting leases on 16th section land. Bill status

SB #2393: Title sufficient to pass (House). Allows students to self-administer asthma meds. Bill status

Posted by Kingfish at 10:00 AM
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7 comments:

gg said...

Concerning SB#2393...Are students not currently "allowed" to use an inhaler on their own? Or are they still being taken to the emergency room and given a "breathalyzer" as the president say?

February 26, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Anonymous said...

Many schools require all meds to be kept in the nurse's office, and given as scheduled or as needed under the nurse's supervision. This is for liability reasons. I don't know if it applies to something like an inhaler, which might be needed immediately in a life-threatening emergency.

February 26, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Anonymous said...

In our schools the parents have to come to the school and administer the meds. Due to budget cuts, there is one school nurse for several schools. During an asthma attack waiting on parents or nurse does not work well. Luckily there has been only one bad attack and the ambulance was called. Not for the kid below though. The district started this policy when a parent accused a teacher of administering the child's asthma inhaler that was prescribed to the child and in the child's possession(backpack) without parental permission. And yes, then tried to sue, because the parent did not TELL the teacher to administer the inhaler. Go figure.

February 26, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Anonymous said...

1:11 As stupid as that sounds, the teacher still had to pay to defend himself/herself against the lawsuit. Hopefully the school district covered that tab.

February 26, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Ironghost said...

HB#1456: Is this aimed at Dr. Hayne? From what I've heard, he's a quack.

February 26, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Anonymous said...

Banning nepotism? Here?

February 27, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Anonymous said...

Why don't those blind folk just pull themselves up by their boot strapes..... That's the way we does it around here!

February 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM

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