Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2685
Certificate of need; delete requirement to obtain for psychiatric hospitals, renal disease facilities and additional facilities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSED PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IF SUCH SERVICES HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED BY THE PROPOSED PROVIDER ON A REGULAR BASIS WITHIN THE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE TIME SUCH SERVICES WOULD BE OFFERED; TO PROVIDE THAT, BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2025, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ANY PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) FACILITY, INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, CHILD/ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS OR ANY OTHER LICENSED PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; 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 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate