HB924: Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create The Creating Logic For Efficiency And Accountability Reform (clear) Act; To Create New Section 5-3-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Peer Committee To Establish A Program Of Reviewing Selected Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Provide That Such Reviews Shall Produce A Report To The Legislature On Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules And Their Conformity To The Intent Of The Law Authorizing Them, As Well As Any Other Matter The Committee Considers Appropriate; To Amend Section 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That All Program Withholdings From Participants Of The Prison Industries Corporation's Work Initiative Program Shall Be Calculated Based Upon Participant Wages After Mandatory Deductions; To Require Accounting Of Any Dependent Support Payments, Fines, Restitutions, Fees Or Costs, As Ordered By The Court, Be Reported For Each Work Initiative Participant; To Require That The Remaining Sentence Length Of Such Participant Be Collected, Maintained And Reported; And To Require That A Financial Account Creation Date Be Collected, Maintained And Reported For Each Participant; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 431, Laws Of 2024, To Extend The Operation Of The Mississippi K-12 And Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force For One Additional Year; To Provide That The Task Force Shall Develop And Report Its Findings And Recommendations To The Mississippi Legislature On Or Before October 1, 2025; To Dissolve The Task Force Upon Presentation Of The Report Due On Or Before October 1, 2025; To Enact The "mississippi K-12 And Postsecondary Mental Health Act Of 2025"; To Establish An Executive Committee Of The Interagency Coordinating Council For Children And Youth (icccy); To Provide For The Composition Of The Executive Committee; To Specify The Executive Committee's Coordinating Responsibilities Related To The General Mental Health And Well-being Of Children And Adolescents; To Provide For The Dissemination Of Recommendations And Information Compiled By The Executive Committee; To Amend Section 43-13-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Sections 43-14-3 And 43-14-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Create Section 5-3-70, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Civil Enforcement Of Peer Committee Subpoenas; To Amend Section 5-3-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Criminal Penalties For Persons Who Fail To Comply With Subpoenas From The Peer Committee; To Amend Sections 5-1-23 And 5-1-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That These Provisions Are Not Applicable To Subpoenas Issued By The Peer Committee; To Amend Section 5-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Sergeant-at-arms Of The Mississippi State Senate Shall Deliver To Dps The Request To Serve Subpoenas Issued By The Peer Committee; To Amend Section 29-13-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow For The Department Of Finance And Administration To Establish A Self-insurance Fund Or Self-insurance Reserves, Or Any Combination Thereof, To Insure State-owned Buildings And Contents; To Require The Mississippi Self-insurance Task Force To Report On The Cost Benefits Of Self-insuring Before Funds Are Expended To Self-insure; To Create The Mississippi Self-insurance Task Force To Study, Report And Make Recommendations Regarding A Self-insurance Plan; To Provide Certain Items For The Task Force To Study, Report And Make Recommendations On; To Provide For The Membership And Meeting Procedure Of The Task Force; To Require The Task Force To Make A Report Of Its Findings And Recommendations, Including Any Recommended Legislation, To The Lieutenant Governor, Speaker Of The House Of Representatives And The Chairs Of The Insurance Committees Of The House Of Representatives And Senate On Or Before November 1, 2025, At Which Time The Task Force Will Be Dissolved; To Amend Section 31-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Sections 37-29-67, 41-73-31, 37-7-303 And 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.