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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1120

Rural Physicians Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM ACT FOR THE PURPOSES OF CREATING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT PHYSICIANS TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIRED TO BE SERVED BY A PHYSICIAN IN A RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY AND THE AMOUNT AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT; TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT BENEFITS; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICIANS SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THE GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING; TO REQUIRE GRANT RECIPIENTS TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN GRANT CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO REQUIRE THE PROGRAM TO MAKE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN INITIAL PRACTICE ENTRY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM; 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 House of Representatives

7 co-sponsors

D. Stephen Holland, Dirk D. Dedeaux, J. Shaun Walley, Thomas U. Reynolds, Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Mary Ann Stevens, Alyce G. Clarke

Its course

January 17 to March 1, 2011, 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 action9 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1024 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Feb 115 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 14 to Feb 2410 days

AppropriationsFeb 24 to Mar 1 · stopped5 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 24Reported as amended from PH to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 9Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 14Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  8. Feb 24DR - TSDPAA: PH To APSenate
  9. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate