MS SB2959

Appropriates $5,751,340.00 from the State General Fund and $40,069,957.00 from special funds to the Veterans Affairs Board for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019).

Authorizes 78 permanent full-time positions, 543 time-limited full-time positions, and 76 part-time positions for the board.

Allocates $250,000.00 to provide care for indigent/low-income Mississippi veterans and qualifying nonveteran surviving spouses in state veterans homes under the "Hilton R. 'Jack' Vance Act of 1997."

Grants Veterans Affairs Board continued authority for planning, development, construction, and outfitting of the North Mississippi Veterans' Memorial Cemetery.

Authorizes retroactive reimbursement of State Veterans Home daily care charges for service-connected veterans specified in Public Law 109-461 (38 CFR Part 51) from fiscal years 2007-2009 to comply with federal requirements for increased VA per diem.