Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 3 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2867

BY: Senator(s) Blackwell

AMEND on line 1694 by deleting "a state fair hearing and/or agency" and inserting "an" in lieu thereof.

FURTHER, AMEND on line 1702 by deleting "conduct a state fair hearing and/or agency" and inserting "provide an opportunity for an" in lieu thereof.

FURTHER, AMEND on line 1705 by deleting "hearing and/or".

     FURTHER, AMEND on lines 1864 through 1873 by deleting the following:

unless the matter is appealed to a court of proper jurisdiction and bond is posted.  Any appeal filed after July 1, 2015, shall be to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, within sixty (60) days after the date that the division has notified the provider by certified mail sent to the proper address of the provider on file with the division and the provider has signed for the certified mail notice, or sixty (60) days after the date of the final decision if the provider does not sign for the certified mail notice

FURTHER, AMEND on lines 1917 through 1921 by deleting the following:

If an administrative hearing becomes necessary, the division may, if the provider does not succeed in his or her defense, tax the costs of the administrative hearing, including the costs of the court reporter or stenographer and transcript, to the provider.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title on line 78 by inserting the following after the semicolon:

TO REMOVE THE OPTION FOR CERTAIN HEARINGS AND TO MODIFY PROCEDURE REGARDING APPEALS;

FURTHER, AMEND the title on line 90 by inserting the following after "1972,":

TO ELIMINATE APPEALS TO THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL; TO DELETE LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING THE DIVISION TO TAX THE COSTS OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS TO A PROVIDER IF SUCH PROVIDER DOES NOT SUCCEED IN HIS OR HER DEFENSE;