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MS Code § 41-111-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Child Death Review Panel|§ 41-111-1. Child death review panel created; purpose; panel membership; annual report; contents of report

  There is created the Child Death Review Panel, whose primary purpose is to foster the reduction of infant and child mortality and morbidity in Mississippi and to improve the health status of infants and children.   The Child Death Review Panel shall be composed of seventeen (17) voting members: the State Medical Examiner or his representative, a pathologist on staff at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, an appointee of the Lieutenant Governor, an appointee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one (1) representative from each of the following: the State Coroners Association, the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Office of Vital Statistics in the State Department of Health, the Attorney General's office, the State Sheriff's Association, the Mississippi Police Chiefs Association, the Department of Child Protection Services, the Children's Advocacy Center, the State Chapter of the March of Dimes, the State SIDS Alliance, the Mississippi Children's Safe Center, Safe Kids Mississippi, and the Mississippi State Fire Marshal's office.   The Chairman of the Child Death Review Panel shall be elected annually by the Review Panel membership. The Review Panel shall develop and implement such procedures and policies necessary for its operation, including obtaining and protecting confidential records from the agencies and officials specified in subsection (4) of this section. The Review Panel shall be assigned to the State Department of Health for administrative purposes only, and the department shall designate staff to assist the Review Panel.     The Child Death Review Panel shall submit a report annually to the Chairmen of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on or before December 1. The report shall include the numbers, causes and relevant demographic information on child and infant fatalities and near fatalities in Mississippi, and appropriate recommendations to the Legislature on how to most effectively direct state resources to decrease infant and child deaths in Mississippi. Data for the Review Panel's review and reporting shall be provided to the Review Panel, upon the request of the Review Panel, by the State Medical Examiner's office, State Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Child Protection Services, medical examiners, coroners, health care providers, law enforcement agencies, and any other agencies or officials having information that is necessary for the Review Panel to carry out its duties under this section. The State Department of Health shall also be responsible for printing and distributing the annual report(s) on child and infant deaths in Mississippi.   The Children's Safe Center may access and analyze data from the Mississippi Health Information Network to identify data concerning child fatalities and near fatalities necessary for the Review Panel's reporting.
MS Code § 41-113-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 113 - Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program|§ 41-113-1. Legislative intent

  The Mississippi Legislature recognizes the devastating impact that tobacco use has on the citizens of our state. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in this country and this state. Each year, thousands of Mississippians lose their lives to diseases caused by tobacco use, and the cost to the state is hundreds of millions of dollars. Tobacco use also is a large burden on the families and businesses of Mississippi. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature that there be developed, implemented and fully funded a comprehensive and statewide tobacco education, prevention and cessation program that is consistent with the Best Practices for Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as periodically amended. It is also the intent of the Legislature that all reasonable efforts be made to maximize the amount of federal funds available for this program.   The goals of the tobacco education, prevention and cessation program include, but are not limited to, the following:   Preventing the initiation of use of tobacco products by youth;   Encouraging and helping smokers to quit and reducing the numbers of youth and adults who use tobacco products;   Assisting in the protection from secondhand smoke;   Supporting the enforcement of laws prohibiting youth access to tobacco products;   Eliminating the racial and cultural disparities related to use of tobacco products; and   Educating the public and changing the cultural perception of use of tobacco products in Mississippi.
MS Code § 41-113-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 113 - Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program|§ 41-113-5. Director; appointment; responsibilities; qualifications; duties; compensation

  The Office of Tobacco Control shall be under the management of a director, who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer. The responsibility for implementation of the comprehensive and statewide tobacco education, prevention and cessation program shall be vested in the director. The director shall be an individual who has knowledge and experience in public health, medical care, health-care services, preventive health measures or tobacco use control. The director shall be the administrative officer of the Office of Tobacco Control, and shall perform the duties that are required of him or her by law and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the State Board of Health. The director shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the State Board of Health, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board.   The State Health Officer may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The compensation and the terms and conditions of their employment shall be determined by the State Board of Health in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board.
MS Code § 41-113-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 113 - Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program|§ 41-113-7. Duties of Office of Tobacco Control

 The Office of Tobacco Control shall perform the following duties, with the advice of the Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council:   Develop and implement appropriate policies and procedures for the operation of the tobacco education, prevention and cessation program;   Develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for the tobacco education, prevention and cessation program;   Develop and maintain an annual operating budget and oversee fiscal management of the tobacco education, prevention and cessation program;   Execute any contracts, agreements or other documents with any governmental agency or any person, corporation, association, partnership or other organization or entity that are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;   Receive grants, bequeaths, gifts, donations or any other contributions made to the office to be used for specific purposes related to the goals of this chapter;   Submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding the operation of the office;   Submit to the State Auditor any financial records that are necessary for the Auditor to perform an annual audit of the office as required by law; and   Take any other actions that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 41-113-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 113 - Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program|§ 41-113-11. Tobacco Control Program Fund created

  There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Tobacco Control Program Fund, which shall be comprised of the funds specified in subsection (2) of this section and any other funds that are authorized or required to be deposited into the special fund.   From the tobacco settlement installment payments that the State of Mississippi receives during each calendar year, the sum of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) shall be deposited into the special fund.   Monies in the fund shall be expended solely for the purposes specified in this chapter. None of the funds in the special fund may be transferred to any other fund or appropriated or expended for any other purpose.   All income from the investment of the funds in the Tobacco Control Program Fund shall be credited to the account of the Tobacco Control Program Fund. Any funds in the Tobacco Control Program Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund. Any funds appropriated from the Tobacco Control Program Fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall lapse into the Tobacco Control Program Fund; however, any funds appropriated from the Tobacco Control Program Fund that are unexpended at the end of fiscal year 2017 shall lapse into the Health Care Expendable Fund.
MS Code § 41-114-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 114 - Restrictions on Tobacco Use in Public Facilities|§ 41-114-1. Use of tobacco by participant or spectator when persons under eighteen years of age are engaged in organized athletic event at public facility prohibited; exceptions, enforcement penalties

  As used in this section:   The term "public facility" means any building, gymnasium, athletic field, recreational area or park to which the public is invited, whether there is charge for admission or not.   The term "smoke" or "smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying or otherwise possessing any lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other object or device of any form that contains lighted tobacco or any other smoking product.     During any time that persons under eighteen (18) years of age are engaged in an organized athletic event at a public facility in Mississippi, no participant in or spectator of the athletic event shall smoke in the facility, if the facility is enclosed, or within one hundred (100) feet of the facility, if the facility is not enclosed, except as permitted under subsection (3)(c) of this section.   The person, agency or entity having jurisdiction or supervision over a public facility shall not allow smoking at the facility in violation of this section, and shall use reasonable efforts to prevent smoking at the facility.The person, agency or entity may take the following steps:   Posting appropriate signs informing persons that smoking is prohibited at the public facility.   Securing the removal of persons who smoke at the public facility in violation of this section.   Providing a designated area separate from the fields of activity, to which smoking shall be restricted.     Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a civil fine and shall be liable as follows:   For a first conviction, a warning;   For a second conviction, a fine of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00); and   For all later convictions, a fine not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).  Anyone convicted under this section shall be recorded as being guilty of a civil penalty and not for violating a criminal statute.Any such violation shall be triable in any justice court or municipal court with proper jurisdiction.      It is the responsibility of all law enforcement officers and law enforcement agencies of this state to ensure that the provisions of this section are enforced.   If the actions of a person violate both this section and Section 97-32-29, the person shall be liable only under this section or Section 97-32-29, but not under both sections.
MS Code § 41-117-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 117 - Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program|§ 41-117-1. Legislative findings

  The Legislature makes the following findings:   The United Health Foundation (UHF) ranks Mississippi fiftieth in overall health, fiftieth in infant mortality with an infant mortality rate of eleven (11) deaths per one thousand (1,000) live births, thirtieth in immunization coverage with only seventy-six and five-tenths percent (76-5/10%) of children ages nineteen (19) through thirty-five (35) months immunized, and fiftieth in overall child well-being, continuing a series of five (5) consecutive years for the state being last in the nation.   Programs that focus on improved pregnancy outcomes, child health and development and the economic self-sufficiency of the family have been shown to be beneficial to both children and mothers.   Research has shown that the Nurse-Family Partnership program improves pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good preventive health practices, including thorough prenatal care from their health care providers, improving their diets, and reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol and illegal substances.   The Nurse-Family Partnership program also has been shown to improve child health and development by helping parents provide responsible and competent care, and improve the economic self-sufficiency of the family by helping parents develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education and find work.     The Legislature declares that establishing a Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program in Mississippi would be very beneficial to improving pregnancy outcomes, child health and development and the economic self-sufficiency of the family in this state.
MS Code § 41-117-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 117 - Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program|§ 41-117-3. Authorization to establish Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program; components of program; program goals

  The State Board of Health is authorized, in its discretion, to establish a Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program in the State Department of Health, in conjunction with the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office.The pilot program shall be conditioned upon the availability of funds obtained for such purpose from public or private services. The program is an evidence-based, voluntary, nurse home visitation program that improves the health and well-being of low-income, first-time pregnant women and their children.The Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program includes, but is not limited to, the following components:   Eligibility criteria for the program include first-time pregnancy before the twenty-eighth week of gestation, and being eligible for Medicaid.   Registered nurses, by making home visits to pregnant women, provide education, support and guidance regarding pregnancy and maternal health, child health and development, parenting, the mother's life course development, and identifying and using family and community supports.   Home visits begin before the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy, and continue on a weekly or biweekly basis until the child turns two (2) years old.     The goals of the Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program are to:   Improve pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good preventive health practices, including thorough prenatal care from their health care providers, improving their diets, and reducing their use of cigarettes, alcohol and illegal substances.   Improve child health and development by helping parents provide responsible and competent care.   Improve the economic self-sufficiency of the family by helping parents develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education and find work.
MS Code § 41-117-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 117 - Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program|§ 41-117-5. State Health Department and University of Mississippi Medical Center to develop recommendations and strategies to improve health care for premature infants

  In addition to implementing the Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot program, the State Health Department jointly with the University of Mississippi Medical Center may:   Develop standards of care for premature infants born less than thirty-seven (37) weeks gestational age to help improve their access to and quality of care in their first year of life.   Examine and make recommendations to improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures to promote coordinated processes as premature infants leave the hospital from either a Level 1 (well baby nursery), Level 2 (step down or transitional nursery) or Level 3 (neonatal intensive care unit) unit and transition to follow-up care by a health care provider in the community.   Urge hospitals serving infants eligible for medical assistance and child health assistance to report to the state the causes and incidence of all rehospitalizations of infants born premature at less than thirty-seven (37) weeks gestational age within their first six (6) months of life.   Develop recommendations for quality measures to assess health care outcomes of premature infants.   Develop recommendations to ensure access to preventive health care therapies to protect premature infants from common infectious diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus.   Measurably improve the quality of care for premature infants through advocacy of evidenced-based approaches and proposals for legislation, regulation and public policy change.     The State Board of Health program may:   Review relevant evidence-based research regarding premature infant health care and seek input from public and private entities currently associated with treatment of prematurity.   Develop recommendations and strategies to improve health care for premature infants by:   Developing standards of care for premature infants born less than thirty-seven (37) weeks gestational age pursuant to Section 41-117-3;   Coordinating information among appropriate professional and advocacy organizations on measures to improve health care for infants born premature; and   Issuing findings of goals, objectives, strategies and tactics to improve premature infant health care in Mississippi.
MS Code § 41-119-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 119 - Health Information Technology Act|§ 41-119-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Information Technology Act."
MS Code § 41-119-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 119 - Health Information Technology Act|§ 41-119-3. Mississippi Health Information Network to be public-private partnership for benefit of citizens of Mississippi

 The Mississippi Health Information Network is a public-private partnership for the benefit of all of the citizens of this state.
MS Code § 41-119-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 119 - Health Information Technology Act|§ 41-119-9. Immunity for board members

  All members of the MS-HIN board shall not be subject to and are immune from claim, suit, liability, damages or any other recourse, civil or criminal, arising from any act or proceeding, decision or determination undertaken, performed or reached in good faith and without malice by any such member or members acting individually or jointly in carrying out the responsibilities, authority, duties, powers and privileges of the offices conferred by law upon them under this chapter, or any other state law, or duly adopted rules and regulations of the aforementioned committees, good faith being presumed until proven otherwise, with malice required to be shown by a complainant. All employees and staff of the MS-HIN, whether temporary or permanent, shall enjoy the same rights and privileges concerning immunity from suit otherwise enjoyed by state employees under the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 and Section 11-46-1 et seq.   The MS-HIN is not a health care provider and is not subject to claims under Sections 11-1-58 through 11-1-62. No person who participates in or subscribes to the services or information provided by the MS-HIN shall be liable in any action for damages or costs of any nature, in law or equity, that result solely from that person's use or failure to use MS-HIN information or data that were imputed or retrieved in accordance with the rules or regulations of the MS-HIN. In addition, no person will be subject to antitrust or unfair competition liability based on membership or participation in the MS-HIN, which provides an essential governmental function for the public health and safety.
MS Code § 41-119-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 119 - Health Information Technology Act|§ 41-119-11. Property rights in information, data, or processes or software developed, designed or purchased

  All persons providing information and data to the MS-HIN shall retain a property right in that information or data, but grant to the other participants or subscribers a nonexclusive license to retrieve and use that information or data in accordance with the rules or regulations promulgated by the MS-HIN board and in compliance with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.   Patients desiring to obtain a copy of their personal medical record or information are to request the copy from the health care provider who is the primary source of the information, and the MS-HIN shall not be required to provide this information directly to the patient.   All processes or software developed, designed or purchased by the MS-HIN shall remain its property subject to use by participants or subscribers in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the MS-HIN board.
MS Code § 41-119-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 119 - Health Information Technology Act|§ 41-119-13. Confidentiality of health care information and data in network

  The MS-HIN board shall by rule or regulation ensure that patient specific health information be disclosed only in accordance with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, which governs the electronic transmission of that information.   Patient specific health information and data of the MS-HIN shall not be subject to the Federal Freedom of Information Act, Mississippi Open Records Act (Section 25-61-1 et seq.) nor to subpoena by any court. That information may only be disclosed by consent of the patient or in accordance with the MS-HIN board's rules, regulations or orders.   Notwithstanding any conflicting statute, court rule or other law, the data in the network shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action. However, information and data otherwise discoverable or admissible from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were provided to the MS-HIN.   Submission of information to and use of information by the State Department of Health shall be considered a permitted disclosure for uses and disclosures required by law and for public health activities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the privacy rules promulgated under that act.   Any violation of the rules or regulations regarding access or misuse of the MS-HIN health information or data shall be reported to the Office of the Attorney General, and shall be subject to prosecution and penalties under state or federal law.