MS SB2880

Prohibits state officials and employees from enforcing any federal executive order, agency order, rule, guidance document, or regulation that allows medical, healthcare, behavioral, or mental health treatment without parental notification or consent, specifically targeting provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

Establishes a private right of action allowing parents to sue school districts, health-care institutions, or health-care providers for violations of Mississippi Code Sections 37-13-173 (parental notification for human sexuality instruction) and 41-41-3 (parental consent for medical treatment of minors).

Available remedies in civil suits include actual damages, court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and punitive damages, with sovereign immunity waived as an affirmative defense.

Allows individuals to assert violations of this act as a claim or defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding without exhausting administrative remedies.

Takes effect July 1, 2024.