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MS SB2789

Bill

Status

Failed

3/3/2020

Primary Sponsor

Rita Potts Parks

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases the cap on allocations to the Trauma Care System from Twenty-eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000.00) to Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) from the General Fund.
  • Maintains allocations of Seven Million Twenty-three Thousand One Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars ($7,023,197.00) for Trauma Care Systems and One Million Eight Hundred Five Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-nine Dollars ($1,805,859.00) for Emergency Medical Services from court assessments.
  • Allows the State Department of Health to transfer a portion of Trauma Care System funds to the Division of Medicaid for development and implementation of an enhanced reimbursement fee program related to trauma care, used to match federal funds.
  • Permits use of funds for distribution to specified out-of-state trauma centers including Regional Medical Center in Memphis, University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, and Joseph M. Still Burn Centers in Augusta, Georgia, as long as they participate in the Mississippi Trauma Care System.
  • Takes effect upon passage.

Legislative Description

Trauma Care Systems Fund; increase the cap on allocations to.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/3/2020

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/17/2020

Full Bill Text

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