Bill Text: MS HB445 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: State veterans nursing homes; authorize to operate group purchasing programs jointly with other public entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-06-09 - Died In Committee [HB445 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB445-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Military Affairs; Appropriations
By: Representatives Barton, Byrd
House Bill 445
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD STATE VETERANS NURSING HOMES TO THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAMS JOINTLY WITH OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES; 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 or
state veterans nursing home * * * 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 or state veterans nursing homes, 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 or state veterans nursing homes 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, 2020.
