HB 1628 Summary

• Appropriates $25,875,597.00 from the State General Fund and $355,096,149.00 from special funds to the Mississippi State Department of Health for fiscal year 2011 (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011), totaling $380,971,746.00.

• Allocates $40,000,000.00 for the Trauma Care System, with authority to transfer funds to the Division of Medicaid for enhanced trauma care reimbursement programs.

• Allocates $20,000,000.00 from the Tobacco Control Program Fund for cancer research ($5,000,000.00), school nurse programs ($3,600,000.00), alcohol and tobacco enforcement ($800,000.00), and comprehensive tobacco center ($700,000.00).

• Authorizes 1,759 full-time permanent positions and 855 full-time time-limited positions; limits salary and fringe benefits expenditures to $127,330,157.00 with restrictions on salary increases without specific exemptions.

• Establishes performance targets for health services, disease prevention, and program administration; appropriates $34,500,000.00 for local government and rural water system improvements and $3,000,000.00 for Mississippi Burn Care Fund.