Bill Text: MS SB2997 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-02-22 - Died In Committee [SB2997 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2997-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Simmons (12th), Norwood, Barnett, Horhn, Frazier, Hickman, Butler (36th), Jackson, Blackmon, Thomas, Jordan, Butler (38th), Simmons (13th), Turner-Ford
Senate Bill 2997
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING RURAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS AT HIGH FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Health for the purpose of assisting rural public hospitals at high financial risk for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024.................................. $ 150,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
