Senate Bill 2726

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-153-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "SETTLEMENT FUNDS" AND "FUND"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY DETERMINE WHICH OF THE APPLICANTS FROM THE LIST OF RECOMMENDED GRANT RECIPIENTS RECEIVED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL RECEIVE SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT EACH APPLICANT SHALL RECEIVE, IF ANY, BY SEPARATE LINE ITEMS IN AN APPROPRIATION BILL; TO REQUIRE THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHEN DEVELOPING PRIORITIES TO GUIDE THE SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS, TO ALIGN WITH CERTAIN STRATEGY PILLARS FOR ADDRESSING OPIOID USE DISORDER AND OVERDOSE; TO DIRECT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, BY AND THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO SOLICIT AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY TO CREATE AND ADMINISTER AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR THE SUBMISSION OF GRANT PROPOSALS, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GRANT APPLICANTS IN SUBMITTING SUCH PROPOSALS, PROVIDE AN INITIAL INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION, SCORING AND CATEGORIZATION OF PROPOSALS USING STANDARDIZED CRITERIA, GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDE OUTCOME MONITORING, INCLUDING THE REVIEW OF QUARTERLY REPORTS AND OTHER NECESSARY DATA, AND THE REPORTING OF SUCH DATA TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE; TO PROHIBIT A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FROM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INFLUENCING, SEEKING TO INFLUENCE, VOTING ON, OR PARTICIPATING IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS OR THE RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY ORGANIZATION WITH WHICH THE MEMBER HAS AN AFFILIATION; TO REQUIRE A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO RECUSE ON SUCH MATTERS; TO CONFORM THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL; TO REVISE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SETTLEMENT FUNDS; TO REENACT SECTION 27-103-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO DIRECT THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS INTO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Nicole Boyd

  Sponsor

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 5

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In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 5

1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 5

1. Feb 5Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
2. Feb 6Sent to the House
3. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
4. Mar 3Reported as amended from PH to AC in the House: title sufficient, do pass
5. Reported as amended from AC to PH in the House: title sufficient, do pass
6. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
7. Mar 5Amended in the House
8. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 6 – Apr 2

1. Mar 6Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
2. Mar 10Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
3. Mar 11Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, Boyd and Kirby
4. Mar 12Conferees named in the House: Creekmore IV, Felsher and Deweese
5. Mar 26Conference report filed in the Senate
6. Conference report filed in the House
7. Mar 27Conference report adopted in the Senate
8. Mar 29Conference report adopted in the House
9. Released in the House to be sent on at once
10. Apr 2Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 2 – Apr 9

1. Apr 2Enrolled bill signed in the House
2. Apr 9Approved by the Governor