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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2758

African American Resident Physician Scholarship Program; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-106-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENT PHYSICIAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIANS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES IN UNDERSERVED CITIES OR COUNTIES; TO REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON ENTERING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM MUST SERVE IN A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA, OR RURAL AREA OTHERWISE APPROVED FOR PRACTICE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS; TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN TO REPAY IF THEY DO NOT FULFILL SUCH OBLIGATION; 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

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

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate