Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2496
Certificate of Need; issue to Panola Medical Center for adult psychiatric beds.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO PANOLA MEDICAL CENTER IN BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF 25 ADULT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IN ITS EXISTING FACILITIES IN PANOLA COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR THOSE ADULT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REVIEW PROCESS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS IS VALID FOR ONLY THREE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND WILL EXPIRE IF ACTUAL OPERATION OF UP TO 25 UNLEASED ADULT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IS NOT ACCOMPLISHED BY PANOLA MEDICAL CENTER WITHIN THAT THREE-YEAR PERIOD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 14 to March 3, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 14 to Mar 3 · 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 Senate Feb 14 – Mar 3
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 14Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate