Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exceptions.

HB 1011, which died in committee on February 4, 2025, proposed to amend Mississippi law to allow funeral director assistants (under a licensed funeral director's supervision) to perform nearly all tasks a funeral director can do, excluding making funeral arrangements. The bill would have directly affected funeral director assistants, their supervising licensed directors, and families using funeral services in Mississippi. Key provisions included expanding assistants' responsibilities to include activities like embalming and preparing bodies, while explicitly barring them from handling scheduling, pricing, or finalizing service details. The bill was scheduled to take effect July 1, 2025, if enacted, but did not advance beyond committee.