State Board of Health Professions; create and set out membership/board qualifications, powers and duties.

SB 2662 creates a new State Board of Health Professions in Mississippi to coordinate oversight of regulated health professions. The board would include one representative from each existing health regulatory board (like medicine, nursing, and pharmacy), five at-large members appointed by the governor, and two legislative committee chairs. Its key duties include evaluating which health professions should be regulated, resolving conflicts between regulatory boards, advising the legislature on practice boundaries, and reviewing disciplinary processes. The board would meet quarterly, require a majority quorum, and receive administrative support and an annual budget from the Department of Health. This bill, which died in committee in February 2025, aims to streamline oversight of health care professions but does not directly change current licensing requirements.