REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MR. PRESIDENT AND MR. SPEAKER:

We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

S. B. No. 2931: Statewide trauma care system; hospitals located in contiguous states may participate.

We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

1. That the Senate concur in House Amendment No. 1 with the following exception(s):

 

AMEND by striking lines 53 through 59 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(l) "Trauma care facility" or "trauma center" means a hospital located in the State of Mississippi or a Level I trauma care facility or center located in a state contiguous to the State of Mississippi that has been designated by the department to perform specified trauma care services within a trauma care system pursuant to standards adopted by the department. Participation in this designation by each hospital is voluntary;

FURTHER AMEND by striking Sections 2 and 3 and renumbering subsequent section(s) accordingly.

FURTHER AMEND by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-59-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL I TRAUMA FACILITIES LOCATED IN CONTIGUOUS STATES MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS PART OF THE STATEWIDE TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

2. That the House concur in the above exception(s).

 

   

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE
   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Robert G. Huggins

Jim C. Barnett
   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Terry C. Burton

Bobby Moody
   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Alan Nunnelee

Valeria Robertson