Mississippi Senate Bill 2570 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Save The Rural Hospital Act; To Establish The Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition And Improvement Grant Program Under The Direction And Administration Of The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Making Grants To Mississippi Rural Hospitals To Incentivize The Implementation Of Plans And Methodologies That Will Increase Access To Health Care In The Community And Rural Hospital Sustainability; To Prescribe The Requirements For Participation In The Program And Provide Restrictions On The Use Of Grant Monies Received By Rural Hospitals Under The Program; To Provide For The Establishment Of An Advisory Council To Review And Make Recommendations To The Department On The Program And Awards Of Grants; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition And Improvement Grant Program Fund, From Which Grants And Expenditures Authorized In Connection With The Program Shall Be Disbursed; And For Related Purposes.

Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.

Sen. Dennis DeBar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2570.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2570IN.htm