MS SB2757

Establishes the South Mississippi Regional Health Care Authority as a public body and political subdivision of the state, allowing Forrest County to convert its community hospital into this regional authority through a public hearing process

Grants the authority broad powers to acquire hospitals and health care facilities, enter joint ventures with public or private organizations, create subsidiaries, and participate in accountable care organizations without requiring approval from the Forrest County Board of Supervisors for real property purchases, borrowing, or budgets

Provides state action immunity from federal and state antitrust laws for consolidations and collaborative activities, limited exclusively to transactions involving hospitals and facilities in Forrest and/or Lamar Counties

Authorizes the authority to operate and provide health care services in 19 South Mississippi counties: Forrest, Lamar, Jones, Marion, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Walthall, Perry, Pearl River, Stone, Lawrence, Wayne, Greene, Jasper, Smith, George, Simpson, Pike, and Hancock

Creates a nine-member board of trustees appointed by the Forrest County Board of Supervisors, with five members from Forrest County and four from any county south of Interstate 20, serving staggered terms of one to five years initially and five-year terms thereafter