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MS SB2789
Bill
Status
Failed
3/3/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rita Potts Parks
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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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