MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services

By: Representative Creekmore IV

House Bill 1637

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-14-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD SHALL SET MATERIALS LICENSING FEES IN CONGRUENCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FEDERAL REGULATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD SHALL SET THE AMOUNT OF OTHER FEES CHARGED FOR PROVIDING RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 45-14-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     45-14-31.  (1)  All initial application and registration fees and annual fees due under this section shall be paid directly to the agency for deposit into the Radiological Health Operations Fund in the State Treasury.  The Mississippi State Board of Health shall submit its separate budget for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.  The budget shall be subject to and shall comply with the requirements of the state budget law.

     (2)  * * *In order To supplement state radiological health budget allocations authorized to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter, the agency is authorized to charge and collect fees   for the following radiological health services:

 * * *(a)  Radiological health services ‑ Category 1:  application fee and annual fee not to exceed $3,500.00

  (b)  Radiological health services ‑ Category 2:

application fee and annual fee not to exceed $1,800.00

  (c)  Radiological health services ‑ Category 3:

application fee and annual fee not to exceed $1,800.00

(d)  Healing arts and veterinary medicine X‑ray tubes: application fee and annual fee not to exceed $150.00

The radiological health services that are included in each specified category shall be determined by the agency by rules and regulations adopted by the agency.

The agency may increase the amount of the fees charged under this subsection not more than two (2) times during the period from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2020, with the percentage of each increase being not more than five percent (5%) of the amount of the fee in effect at the time of the increase.

          (a)  Materials licensing fees:  Application fee and annual fees to be in congruence with and subject to 10 CFR Sections 170.21, 170.31 and 170.32.

          ( * * *3b)  Other fees:  * * *The agency shall set the amount of the fees for all other radiological health services not specified in subsection (2) of this section, and any increase in the fees charged by the agency under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41‑3‑65 Except as otherwise provided by law, the agency may increase the amount of any fee charged by the agency for providing radiation health services, including the issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations, not more than two times during the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2028, with the percentage of each increase being not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the fee in effect at the time of the increase.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.