Mississippi Senate Bill 2626 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Passed on June 30 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-30 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-99-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "service Grant"; To Define "primary Care Physician," "care Grant" And "physician Grant"; To Amend Section 41-99-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Purpose Of The Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program To Include The Use Of Service Grants To Provide Salary Supplements To Recruit And Retain New Primary Care Physicians In Order To Increase Health Care Access To Patients In Mississippi; To Amend Section 41-99-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Physician Grant Awarded To A Mississippi Qualified Health Center Shall Only Be Used By That Center To Provide A One-time Salary Supplement To A Primary Care Physician Being Recruited And Retained Under The Program; To Provide That A Mississippi Qualified Health Center May Only Receive One Physician Grant Under The Program Per Fiscal Year; To Provide That A Primary Care Physician In Receipt Of A Physician Grant Shall Work At Least Three Consecutive Years At The Mississippi Qualified Health Center; To Require The Mississippi Qualified Health Center To Provide An Annual Report To The Department; To Require The Department To Submit Those Reports Annually To The Chair And Vice Chair Of The Senate Public Health And Welfare Committee, To The Chair And Vice Chair Of The House Public Health And Human Services Committee And To The Lieutenant Governor; To Amend Section 41-99-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; provide for physician grants.

Sen. Hob Bryan [D]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]
Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]	Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. Tammy Witherspoon [D]	Sen. Juan Barnett [D]
Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]	Sen. Willie Simmons [D]

2020-06-19 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-10 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 112 N: 5 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-11 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-30		Approved by Governor
2020-06-24	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-24	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-19	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2020-06-11	House	Returned For Concurrence
2020-06-10	House	Passed As Amended
2020-06-10	House	Amended
2020-06-02	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2020-03-25	House	Referred To Appropriations
2020-03-13	Senate	Transmitted To House
2020-03-11	Senate	Passed As Amended
2020-03-11	Senate	Amended
2020-02-27	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2020-02-26	Senate	DR - TSDP: PH To AP
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2626.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2626IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2626PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2626SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/SB2626_S_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/SB2626_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/0650027.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1560004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/1650010.pdf