Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2902
"Hazard Pay for Essential Health Care Workers" Grant Program; establish in State Department of Health.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A "HAZARD PAY FOR ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS" GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME $1,500.00 BONUS TO COMPENSATE HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO PERFORM JOBS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS AT HEIGHTENED RISK OF EXPOSURE TO COVID-19; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HAZARD PAY PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDS; TO DEFINE "ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYERS OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO APPLY FOR SUCH GRANT FUNDS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GRANT SHALL ONLY BE APPLICABLE DURING THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; TO AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
AppropriationsJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate