Mississippi House Bill 973 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program For New Mental Health Employees To Be Administered By The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board; To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Persons Seeking To Participate In The Program; To Set A Maximum Amount Of Loan Repayment Assistance Under The Program; To Require The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Promulgate Regulations Necessary For The Proper Administration Of This Act, Including Setting A Fiscal Year Policy For The Program And Application Dates And Deadlines; To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "gross Income" Under The State Income Tax Law To Exclude Loan Repayment Assistance Provided Under The Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; And For Related Purposes.

Mental Health Employee Retention Loan Repayment Program; create.

Rep. Sam Creekmore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-06	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	7	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0973.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0973IN.htm