Bill Text: MS HB751 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Community hospitals; remove requirement that budget be approved by city/county that is the hospital owner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB751 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB751-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services; County Affairs

By: Representative Whittington

House Bill 751

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-13-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE BUDGET OF A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY THAT IS THE OWNER OF THE HOSPITAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 41-13-47, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     41-13-47.  On or before the first Monday in September of each year, the * * *said board of trustees shall make, enter on its minutes and file with the owner or owners, separately or jointly interested in * * *said the hospital, a proposed budget based on anticipated income and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.  Such budget, as submitted or amended, shall be approved by the * * *said owner or owners, as the case may be, which approval shall be evidenced by a proper order recorded upon the minutes of each such owner.  This subsection (1) shall not apply if the owner or owners of the hospital are the governing authority of either a municipality or county, or both a municipality and county.

     On or before the first Monday in March of each year, * * *said the board of trustees shall also make, enter on its minutes and file with such owner or owners a full fiscal year report, which shall contain a complete and correct accounting of all funds received and expended for all hospital purposes.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after September 1, 2015.

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