Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2056
BY: Senator(s) Doty, Dearing
AMEND by inserting the following after line 227 and by renumbering subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION *. Section 57-117-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
57-117-5. (1) The MDA may
certify an area as a health care industry zone if the * * *
zoning of the local government unit, if applicable, allows the
construction or operation in the proposed health care industry zone of the
health care industry facility.
(2) A health care industry facility that engages in an activity for which a certificate of need is required must comply with the provisions of Section 41-7-191 in order to be certified as a qualified business.
(3) The MDA may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, in compliance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as are necessary for the efficient and effective administration of this section in keeping with the purposes for which it is enacted.
FURTHER AMEND the title by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 5:
TO AMEND SECTION 57-117-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CERTIFY AN AREA AS A HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ZONE AT ANY LOCATION IN THE STATE;