MS SB3057

Appropriates $12 million from the Mississippi Healthcare Workforce Development Program Fund to train nurses at Mississippi community colleges and universities using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds

Appropriates $17 million from the Mississippi Nursing Preceptor Grant Program Fund to provide premium payments to nursing preceptors at licensed hospitals and long-term care facilities who train nursing students

Appropriates $20 million from the Mississippi Health Science Training Infrastructure Grant Program Fund for capital infrastructure improvements at public and private university health science schools to increase student training capacity

Total appropriation of $49 million administered by the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development (Accelerate MS) for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022

Recipients must repay funds to the state if federal inspectors determine expenditures violated ARPA guidelines, and the office must certify all expenditures comply with U.S. Treasury requirements