Bill Text: MS SB2262 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; revise requirement for certifications of health care industry zones under.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2262 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2262-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Tindell, Gollott
Senate Bill 2262
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-117-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CERTIFY HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ZONES IN AREAS IN WHICH A HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY FACILITY IS LOCATED WITHIN A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF A UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE THAT IS ACCREDITED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND AWARDS DEGREES OR TRAINS WORKERS FOR JOBS IN HEALTH CARE OR PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS OF STUDY OR WORK; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 57-117-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEFINES CERTAIN TERMS UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ZONE ACT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 57-117-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
57-117-5. (1) The MDA may certify an area as a health care industry zone if the following requirements are met:
(a) The area is located within:
(i) Three (3) contiguous counties which have certificates of need of more than three hundred seventy-five (375) acute care hospital beds; and/or
(ii) A county which has a hospital with a minimum capital investment of Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00) and for which construction is completed before July 1, 2017;
(b) The health care industry facility is located within a five-mile radius of:
(i) A
facility with a certificate of need for hospital beds; * * * and/or
(ii) A university or college that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards degrees and/or trains workers for jobs in health care or pharmaceutical fields of study and/or work; and
(c) The zoning of the local government unit allows the construction or operation in the proposed health care industry zone of the health care industry facility.
(2) The MDA may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, in compliance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as are necessary for the efficient and effective administration of this section in keeping with the purposes for which it is enacted.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
