Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2489
Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-9-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE SPECIALTY DOCTORS TO RURAL HOSPITALS GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALTY DOCTORS IN RURAL HOSPITALS WHEN A MAJOR HOSPITAL INDICATES TO A RURAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DOCTOR THAT THE MAJOR HOSPITAL IS ON DIVERSION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ADMINISTER AND DISTRIBUTE GRANT FUNDS TO RURAL HOSPITALS FOR SUCH PURPOSE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE FOR ESTABLISHING A PAYMENT STRUCTURE; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE OF 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate