l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2141

Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych beds.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare 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 41-7-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SUSPEND THE MORATORIUM TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO PANOLA MEDICAL CENTER IN BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONVERSION AND OPERATION OF 25 ADULT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IN ITS EXISTING FACILITY 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 TWO YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND WILL EXPIRE IF ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE 25 ADULT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IS NOT ACCOMPLISHED BY PANOLA MEDICAL CENTER WITHIN THAT TWO-YEAR PERIOD; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE A HEALTH CARE CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONVERSION AND OPERATION OF CHILD/ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS PARTICIPATING IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IN LEE COUNTY AND THE CONVERSION OF ACUTE CARE BEDS TO GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC BEDS IN LEE COUNTY; 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

1 co-sponsor

Chad McMahan

Its course

January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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 8 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 8Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Medicaid
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Public Health and Welfare;MedicaidSenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate