Mississippi Senate Bill 2877

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For Any Health Care Facility That Relinquished Its Certificate Of Need Or License For Inpatient Psychiatric Services, As Applicable, Because The Facility Converted From An Acute Care Hospital To A Rural Emergency Hospital In Accordance With Certain Federal Regulations, The Department Of Health May License The Psychiatric Inpatient Beds As A Separate Entity From The Rural Emergency Hospital; To Require The Department Of Health To Issue A Certificate Of Need For Any Such Facility, As Applicable; And For Related Purposes.

Certificate of need; provide new licenses and CONs for certain acute care hospitals that converted to rural emergency hospitals.

Sen. Benjamin Suber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	7	191	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2877.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2877IN.htm