Mississippi Senate Bill 2141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Suspend The Moratorium To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Issue A Certificate Of Need To Panola Medical Center In Batesville, Mississippi, For The Acquisition, Conversion And Operation Of 25 Adult Psychiatric Beds In Its Existing Facility In Panola County; To Provide That The Authorization For The Certificate Of Need For Those Adult Psychiatric Beds Shall Be Exempt From The Certificate Of Need Review Process; To Provide That The Exemption From The Certificate Of Need Process Is Valid For Two Years From The Effective Date Of This Act And Will Expire If Actual Operation Of The 25 Adult Psychiatric Beds Is Not Accomplished By Panola Medical Center Within That Two-year Period; To Authorize And Direct The State Department Of Health To Issue A Health Care Certificate Of Need For The Acquisition, Conversion And Operation Of Child/adolescent Psychiatric Beds Participating In The Medicaid Program In Lee County And The Conversion Of Acute Care Beds To Geriatric Psychiatric Beds In Lee County; And For Related Purposes.

Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych beds.

Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]

Sen. Chad Mcmahan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-08	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Medicaid

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	7	191	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2141.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2141IN.htm