MS HB604

Authorizes the Department of Finance and Administration to use Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund monies to pay its own administrative expenses in managing ARPA fund expenditures

Expands the COVID-19 Mississippi Local Provider Innovation Grant Program by allowing first-round grant recipients from FY2023 to apply for second-round grants in FY2024, with maximum grants of $250,000 per applicant for healthcare transitional assistance

Revises the Mississippi Law Enforcement and Fire Fighters Premium Pay Program to provide $1,000 premium pay to eligible officers and firefighters, with reduced payments for those who already received partial premium pay from their employers through ARPA funds

Brings forward without amendment existing ARPA-funded programs including: ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program (up to $2.5 million per association), COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program (up to $200,000 per ICU bed), and Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program

Brings forward tourism recovery programs including: $30 million for destination marketing organizations, assistance for nonprofit museums in municipalities under 50,000 population, and $5 million for Mississippi Main Street Association revitalization grants