HB 1495 Summary

• Appropriates $35,365,124.00 from the State General Fund and $330,210,685.00 from special funds to the Mississippi Department of Health for fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015).

• Authorizes 1,476 permanent full-time positions, 13 permanent part-time positions, 987 time-limited full-time positions, and 9 time-limited part-time positions for the department.

• Allocates $40,000,000 to the Trauma Care System and $20,000,000 from the Tobacco Control Program Fund for cancer research, school nurse programs, and tobacco enforcement.

• Provides $52,000,000 for the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Board and $3,000,000 for the Mississippi Burn Care Fund.

• Includes funding allocations for specific programs including maternal and child health ($1,242,943), Mississippi Qualified Health Centers ($4,000,000), and $700,000 for AIDS drugs and services.