MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare; Finance

By: Senator(s) Bryan

Senate Bill 2862

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-14-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH MAY COLLECT LICENSING AND ADMINISTRATION FEES FOR CERTAIN RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CONGRUENCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS; 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

(a)  Materials Licensing Fees: application fee and annual fees shall be in congruence with and subject to 10 C.F.R. 170.21, 10 C.F.R. 170.31 and 10 C.F.R. 170.32; and

(b)  Registration and administration fees: the agency shall set the amount of the fees and all other radiological health services as identified and subject to the agency and approved by the Mississippi State Board of Health.

     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.

     (3)  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.

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

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