Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 3 — CON; revise certain provisions of.

Last action — 02/04 Approved by Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on January 29, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO A HOSPITAL THAT HAS A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR A FORTY-BED PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY IN DESOTO COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE NO PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR SUCH FACILITY THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE APPLY TO ANY OTHER SUCH FACILITY; TO REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BEDS IN A COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS LOCATED IN MADISON COUNTY; TO REVISE THE CONDITIONS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED ISSUED FOR A LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL IN HARRISON COUNTY TO ALLOW THE HOSPITAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AS A CROSSOVER PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER NEED NOT OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ANY HOSPITAL BEDS, SERVICES, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED UNDER A CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTION FOR A TEACHING HOSPITAL, OR THAT ARE APPROVED OR APPLIED FOR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, RELOCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER SHALL HAVE AN ACADEMIC EXEMPTION FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIREMENTS ONLY WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO CLARIFY THAT IN ORDER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH AN ACADEMIC EXEMPTION, THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER MUST DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT OR FACILITY FULFILLS A SUBSTANTIAL AND MEANINGFUL ACADEMIC FUNCTION; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND REPORT BY DECEMBER 1, 2026, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF EXEMPTING SMALL HOSPITALS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF DIALYSIS UNITS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING DIALYSIS, THE FEASIBILITY OF EXEMPTING SMALL HOSPITALS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO OPERATE GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC UNITS, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT ACUTE ADULT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS TREAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED PATIENTS OR PAY A PERIODIC FEE IN LIEU THEREOF; TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-173, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND MAJOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. 02/04 Approved by Governor

  2. 01/29 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 01/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 01/28 (S) Returned For Enrolling

  5. 01/28 (S) Immediate Release

  6. 01/28 (S) Passed

  7. 01/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  8. 01/22 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare

  9. 01/21 (H) Transmitted To Senate

  10. 01/21 (H) Immediate Release

  11. 01/21 (H) Passed As Amended

  12. 01/21 (H) Amended

  13. 01/21 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted

  14. 01/20 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  15. 01/14 (H) DR - TSDPCS: SA To PH

  16. 01/07 (H) DR - TSDP: PH To SA

  17. 01/07 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;State Affairs

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

On motion of Senator Bryan, the rules were suspended, the bill considered engrossed, read the third time and, the yeas and nays being taken, it passed, title standing as stated,

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14000
Republican 25002
Democrat 11000
Total 50002
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd — Yea
Gillespie Isom — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Williams — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Johnny DuPree Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Justin Pope Democrat Yea
Kamesha Mumford Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
Don Hartness Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Not Voting
Rita Potts Parks Republican Not Voting
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

H. B. No. 3 passed

Passed 118 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 65002
Unaffiliated 26000
Democrat 27001
Independent 1001
Total 119004
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (123)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Bailey (23rd) — Yea
Bailey (49th) — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd (19th) — Yea
Boyd (37th) — Yea
Washington — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Holloway (27th) — Yea
Holloway (76th) — Yea
Jackson (11th) — Yea
Jackson (45th) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Fabian Nelson Democrat Yea
Gregory Elliott Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Justin Crosby Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Not Voting
Angela Cockerham Independent Not Voting
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Yea
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Not Voting
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Not Voting
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 3 do?
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO A HOSPITAL THAT HAS A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR A FORTY-BED PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY IN DESOTO COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE NO PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR SUCH FACILITY THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE APPLY TO ANY OTHER SUCH FACILITY; TO REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BEDS IN A COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS LOCATED IN MADISON COUNTY; TO REVISE THE CONDITIONS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED ISSUED FOR A LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL IN HARRISON COUNTY TO ALLOW THE HOSPITAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AS A CROSSOVER PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER NEED NOT OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ANY HOSPITAL BEDS, SERVICES, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED UNDER A CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTION FOR A TEACHING HOSPITAL, OR THAT ARE APPROVED OR APPLIED FOR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, RELOCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER SHALL HAVE AN ACADEMIC EXEMPTION FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIREMENTS ONLY WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO CLARIFY THAT IN ORDER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH AN ACADEMIC EXEMPTION, THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER MUST DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT OR FACILITY FULFILLS A SUBSTANTIAL AND MEANINGFUL ACADEMIC FUNCTION; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND REPORT BY DECEMBER 1, 2026, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF EXEMPTING SMALL HOSPITALS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF DIALYSIS UNITS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING DIALYSIS, THE FEASIBILITY OF EXEMPTING SMALL HOSPITALS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO OPERATE GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC UNITS, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT ACUTE ADULT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS TREAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED PATIENTS OR PAY A PERIODIC FEE IN LIEU THEREOF; TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-173, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND MAJOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors HB 3?
HB 3 is sponsored by Sam Creekmore IV (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 3?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2026. Enacted.
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