Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3096
Mental Health, Department of; employees who are provided housing on facility grounds must pay rent.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH WHO ARE PROVIDED HOUSING ON THE GROUNDS OF A HOSPITAL OR OTHER FACILITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT TO PAY THE FAIR MARKET RENTAL VALUE OF THE HOUSING, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, AND PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF THE UTILITIES USED IN THAT HOUSING BY THE EMPLOYEE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VALUE OF HOUSING THAT IS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ON THE GROUNDS OF A HOSPITAL OR OTHER FACILITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE EARNED COMPENSATION OF THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate