MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Mims, Faulkner, McGee
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE CAPITAL EXPENSE FUND TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING FUNDS TO HOSPITALS UNDER THE HEALTH CARE IMPACT GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN HOUSE BILL NO. 273, 2023 REGULAR SESSION, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the State Department of Health for the purpose of distributing funds to hospitals under the Health Care Impact Grant Program established in House Bill No. 273, 2023 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. $ 80,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.