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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 310

Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; revise certain provisions applicable to.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-20-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COORDINATOR OF MENTAL HEALTH ACCESSIBILITY SHALL BE HOUSED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OF THE EXPENSES OF THE COORDINATOR SHALL BE PAID OUT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-20-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT STAFF HIRED BY THE COORDINATOR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERED INTO BY THE COORDINATOR THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 41-20-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PRESCRIBES THE DUTIES OF THE COORDINATOR AND THE STATE BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH WHEN THE COORDINATOR DETERMINES THAT A COUNTY OR A GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN A COUNTY OFFERS INADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published