Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2292
Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych 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 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.
Its course
January 12 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 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days
MedicaidJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 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 12 – Feb 2
- Jan 12Referred to the Senate committees on Medicaid and on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To Medicaid;Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate