Mississippi House Bill 1347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Reenact Sections 41-3-1.1, 41-3-5.1, 41-3-6, 41-3-15, 41-3-16, 41-3-17, 41-3-18 And 41-3-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The State Department Of Health, The State Board Of Health And The Position Of The Executive Officer Of The Department And Prescribe Their Powers And Duties; To Amend Reenacted Section 41-3-1.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Abolish The State Department Of Health And The State Board Of Health; To Transfer All Of The Powers, Duties, Property, Employees, Contractual Rights And Obligations And Unexpended Funds Of The Department To The Division Of Health In The Office Of The Governor; To Transfer All Of The Powers And Duties Of The Board To The Executive Director Of The Division Of Health; To Establish The Division Of Health In The Office Of The Governor To Perform The Duties That Were Formerly Performed By The State Department Of Health; To Amend Reenacted Section 41-3-5.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Governor Shall Appoint A Full-time Executive Director Of The Division Of Health, Who Shall Serve At The Will And Pleasure Of The Governor; To Prescribe The Qualifications Of The Executive Director; To Provide That The Executive Director Shall Be The State Health Officer; To Amend Reenacted Sections 41-3-6, 41-3-15, 41-3-16, 41-3-17, 41-3-18 And 41-3-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Repeal Section 41-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Members Appointed To The State Board Of Health To Take The Constitutional Oath Of Office, And Section 41-3-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Election Of The Chairman And Vice Chairman Of The State Board Of Health, Meetings Of The Board And Compensation Of The Board Members; To Amend Section 41-3-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Division Of Health In The Office Of The Governor And The Position Of The Executive Director Of The Division Of Health And Prescribe Their Powers And Duties; And For Related Purposes.

Department and Board of Health; abolish and transfer duties to a new Division of Health in Governor's Office and extend repealer date.

Rep. Mark Formby [R]

Rep. Chris Brown [R]

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1347.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1347IN.htm