Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Tobacco cessation programs under court settlement; funds to be deposited into and appropriated from the Health Care Trust Fund.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/16 (S) Referred To Appropriations | |
| 2 | 01/31 (S) Title Suff Do Pass | |
| 3 | 02/09 (S) Died On Calendar |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Burton
Code Sections: A 043-0013-0403, A 043-0013-0405, A 043-0013-0407, A 043-0013-0409
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-403, 43-13-405, 43-13-407 AND 43-13-409, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER FOR TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAMS SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI FOR CERTAIN STATEWIDE TOBACCO EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, TO EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND, TO SPECIFICALLY CHARGE THE BOARD WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REVIEWING THE OUTCOMES OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR SUCH TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAMS, AND TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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