l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2570

Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAVE THE RURAL HOSPITAL ACT; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL HOSPITAL TRANSITION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM UNDER THE DIRECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING GRANTS TO MISSISSIPPI RURAL HOSPITALS TO INCENTIVIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANS AND METHODOLOGIES THAT WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND RURAL HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF GRANT MONIES RECEIVED BY RURAL HOSPITALS UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT ON THE PROGRAM AND AWARDS OF GRANTS; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL HOSPITAL TRANSITION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUND, FROM WHICH GRANTS AND EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM SHALL BE DISBURSED; 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

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate