l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 416

Rural Nurses Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL NURSES RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM ACT FOR THE PURPOSES OF CREATING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT NURSES TO PRACTICE NURSING IN RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE STATE; TO SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIRED TO BE SERVED BY A NURSE IN A RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA AND THE AMOUNT AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF NURSES SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT GRANTS SHALL BE FUNDED FROM MONIES APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING; TO REQUIRE GRANT RECIPIENTS TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN GRANT CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN INITIAL PRACTICE ENTRY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM; 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 12 to January 31, 2023, 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 12 to Jan 31 · stopped19 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 12 to Jan 31 · stopped19 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 12 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives