MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2005 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Flowers
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 41-7-171 THROUGH 41-7-209, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AND SECTIONS 8 AND 9 OF CHAPTER 482, LAWS OF 1982, WHICH ARE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE CERTIFICATE OF NEED LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Sections 41-7-171, 41-7-173, 41-7-175, 41-7-183, 41-7-185, 41-7-187, 41-7-189, 41-7-190, 41-7-191, 41-7-193, 41-7-195, 41-7-197, 41-7-199, 41-7-201, 41-7-202, 41-7-205, 41-7-207 and 41-7-209, Mississippi Code of 1972, and Sections 8 and 9 of Chapter 482, Laws of 1982, which are the Mississippi Health Care Certificate of Need Law requiring certain health care facilities and services to obtain a certificate of need from the State Department of Health prior to construction and operation, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.