l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 610

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 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 PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE IN RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIRED TO BE SERVED BY A PHYSICIAN IN A RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA AND THE AMOUNT AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT; TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF PHYSICIANS SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT 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 DEPARTMENT 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

Its course

February 17 to March 6, 2012, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 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 House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human Services;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives