Mississippi House Bill 1120 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Failed on March 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Rural Physician Recruitment And Retention Incentive Grant Program Act For The Purposes Of Creating Financial Incentives To Attract Physicians To Practice Medicine In Rural And Medically Underserved Communities In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide The Number Of Years Required To Be Served By A Physician In A Rural Or Medically Underserved Community And The Amount And Schedule Of Payment; To Allow Individuals Who Participated In The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program To Be Eligible For Grant Benefits; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Administer The Program; To Prescribe The Eligibility Requirements For Physicians Seeking To Participate In The Program; To Provide The Grants Shall Be Awarded Subject To Available Funding; To Require Grant Recipients To Enter Into A Written Grant Contract Agreement With The State Department Of Health; To Require The Program To Make Efforts To Establish An Initial Practice Entry Support System For Participants In The Program; And For Related Purposes.

Rural Physicians Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program Act; create.

Rep. Cecil Brown [D]	Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]	Rep. Dirk Dedeaux [D]	Rep. Stephen Holland [D]
Rep. Willie Perkins [D]	Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]	Rep. Mary Ann Stevens [D]	Rep. Shaun Walley [D]

2011-02-10 - House - House Passed (Y: 112 N: 5 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01		Died In Committee
2011-02-24		DR - TSDPAA: PH To AP
2011-02-14		Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
2011-02-14		Transmitted To Senate
2011-02-10		Passed
2011-02-10		Committee Substitute Adopted
2011-02-09		Read the Third Time
2011-02-01		Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2011-01-17		Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1120.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1120IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1120CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1120PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/house/0380024.pdf