Bill Text: MS HB1146 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Bill 1146 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Mental health; community centers may provide services and shall be reimbursed by Department of Mental Health.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-03-01 - Died In Committee [HB1146 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-HB1146-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Dedeaux

House Bill 1146

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH/INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY CENTERS MAY PROVIDE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID USING STATE MATCHING FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE DIVISION TO DRAW THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS AVAILABLE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 27-103-123, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PRESCRIBES THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND AGENCIES THAT IS PREPARED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 43-13-111, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-13-111. Every state health agency, as defined in Section 43-13-105, shall obtain an appropriation of state funds from the State Legislature for all medical assistance programs rendered by the agency and shall organize its programs and budgets in such a manner as to secure maximum federal funding through the Division of Medicaid under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the regional mental health/intellectual disability centers established under Sections 41-19-31 through 41-19-39 may provide community mental health services and shall be reimbursed by the Division of Medicaid using state matching funds appropriated to the division to draw the maximum federal matching funds available.

SECTION 2. Section 27-103-123, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:

27-103-123. Part 1 of the overall budget shall include

therein the requested budget and the recommended budget for each

general fund agency and the proposed revenue by means of which the

recommended appropriations can be met.

The overall budget shall show, for each general fund agency,

in addition to such other information as may be prescribed by the

Legislative Budget Office, the following:

(a) The amount appropriated from the General Fund for

the current fiscal year, all special funds receipts already

collected and available in the current fiscal year, and an

estimate of all special funds which will be collected, or

otherwise will become available, by the end of the then current

fiscal year;

(b) The estimated amount of all expenditures to be made

or obligations to be incurred payable from general or special

funds during the then current fiscal year;

be needed by the agency for the succeeding fiscal year; beginning with the 1995 fiscal year and in the event that any services proposed to be provided by the agency in the succeeding fiscal year are Medicaid reimbursable, any state general matching funds necessary for such reimbursements shall be included in the agency's proposed budget, and the appropriation to the Division of Medicaid in the 1995 fiscal year shall be adjusted accordingly; (d) The estimated aggregate amount of special funds, if

any, which will be available during the succeeding fiscal year,

including any balances which will be on hand at the close of the

then current fiscal year;

(e) The estimated amount which will be needed and which

will require change in existing law or laws;

(f) If any new item of expense is included in the proposed budget of any general fund agency, the reason therefor shall be given; and in any case where the Legislative Budget Office shall eliminate or reduce any item or items in the budget request of any general fund agency, it shall note briefly the reasons therefor, together with the reasons advanced by the agency in support of the item or items eliminated or reduced.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.