MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Hewes

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 41-7-171 THROUGH 41-7-209, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AND SECTIONS 8 AND 9, CHAPTER 482, LAWS OF 1982, AS AMENDED, WHICH ARE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE FACILITY CERTIFICATE OF NEED LAW OF 1979; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Sections 41-7-171, 41-7-173, 41-7-175, 41-7-183, 41-7-185, 41-7-187, 41-7-189, 41-7-190, 41-7-191, 41-7-193, 41-7-195, 41-7-197, 41-7-201, 41-7-202, 41-7-205, 41-7-207 and 41-7-209, Mississippi Code of 1972, and Sections 8 and 9, Chapter 482, Laws of 1982, as amended, which are the Mississippi Health Care Facility Certificate of Need Law of 1979, are hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.