MS SB2829

Authorizes regional mental illness and intellectual disability commissions to create and operate primary care health clinics to treat their patients, patients' family members related within the third degree, and patients' household members or caregivers

Requires primary care clinics to be directed by a Mississippi licensed physician who is not certified solely in psychiatry and who has hospital admitting privileges or an agreement with a physician who does

Mandates regional commissions operating primary care clinics to submit semiannual reports to the Chairmen of the Public Health Committees in both the House and Senate, detailing patient numbers, services provided, and payer sources

Requires clinics to employ multidisciplinary, culturally and linguistically competent core clinical staff and may use a sliding fee scale when no other payer source is identified

Effective date of July 1, 2014