Bill Text: MS HB1439 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers; delete repealer on authority to participate in.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-04-07 - Approved by Governor [HB1439 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1439-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representatives Johnson (87th), Sykes, Dixon, Bennett
House Bill 1439
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THE PROVISION THAT AUTHORIZES PARTICIPATION IN GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAMS BY CERTAIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 31-7-38, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
31-7-38. The board of
trustees or governing board of any hospital or regional mental health center
owned or owned and operated separately or jointly by the State of Mississippi
or any of its branches, agencies, departments or subdivisions, or by one or
more counties, cities, towns, supervisors districts or election districts, or
combinations thereof, may authorize by resolution the organization and
operation of, or the participation in, a group purchasing program with other
hospitals or regional mental health centers, for the purchase of supplies,
commodities and equipment when it appears to the board of trustees or governing
board that such a group purchasing program could or would affect economy or
efficiency in their operations. Purchases by hospitals or regional mental
health centers participating in group purchasing programs of supplies,
commodities and equipment through such programs shall be exempt from the
provisions of Sections 31-7-9, 31-7-10, 31-7-11, 31-7-12 and 31-7-13. * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
