SB 3032 — Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.

3032 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by said board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................$ 3,880,067.00.4,223,072.00.

0 With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency’sagency's responsibility to make certain that funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2025 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2024 funds S.

3032 *SS15/A846**SS36/A846SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 23/SS15/A84623/SS36/A846SG PAGE 1 (ki\ki) appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency’sagency's Fiscal Year 2024 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

The Legislature shall determine the agency’sagency's personal services appropriation, which shall be published by the State Personnel Board.Board shall publish.

The agency's personal services appropriation may consist of restricted funds for approved vacancies for Fiscal Year 2024 that may not be utilized for active Fiscal Year 2023 headcount.

It shall be the agency's responsibility to ensure that the funds provided for vacancies are used to increase headcount and not for promotions, title changes, in-range salary adjustments or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current employees.

It is the Legislature's intention that no employee salary falls below the minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel Board.

If the agency’sagency's Fiscal Year 2024 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board withexcept thefor exception of new hires that are determined to be essential for the agency.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditionsconditions, and procedures established by law or allowableS. under the terms set forth within this act.

The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are S.

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None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

FY2024 Performance Measures Target Licensure Percent of Licenses Issued within Ten Business Days 100.00 Percent of Renewals Issued within Two S.

3032 *SS15/A846**SS36/A846SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A84623/SS36/A846SG PAGE 3(ki\ki)3 Percent of Licenses Issued within Ten Business Days 100.00 Percent of Renewals Issued within Two Business Days 100.00 Compliance Number of Written Complaints Received 80 Percent of Written Complaints Resolved within Six Months 100.00 Number of Investigations Conducted Due to the Diversion of Prescription Drugs, Impaired 16 Number of Investigations Conducted Due to the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians 28 Recidivism Rate for Those Receiving Disciplinary Actions 20.00 Prescription Monitoring Prg Percent of In-State Physicians Registered to PMP 100.00 Percent of Licensed APRNs Registered to PMP 100.00 Percent of Pharmacists Registered to PMP 100.00 A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2025.

SECTIONS. 4.

It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things S.

3032 *SS15/A846**SS36/A846SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A84623/SS36/A846SG PAGE 4(ki\ki)4 statedSECTION in4. such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference.

It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference.

SECTIONS. 7.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the Board of Pharmacy shall have the authority to escalate and expend funds, which are comprised of special funds of the department, in S.

3032 *SS15/A846**SS36/A846SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A84623/SS36/A846SG PAGE 5(ki\ki)5 anSECTION amount7. not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for the costs related to the relocation and furnishing of their office for the period beginning July 1, 2023, the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

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In accordance with Sectionthe 73-21-127(h),Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act, Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-163, Mississippi Code of 1972, the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy may acceptescalate andthe expendappropriate funds fromnot anyto otherexceed stateFive agencyHundred toThousand defrayDollars ($500,000.00) of its budget during the expensesfiscal ofyear for the Prescriptionpurposes Monitoringof Program.conducting compliance examinations and regulatory oversight as authorized by the act.

In accordance with Section 73-21-127(h), Mississippi Code of 1972, the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy may accept and expend funds from any other state agency to defray the expenses of the Prescription Monitoring Program.

SECTION 10.

SECTION 10.11.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2023.

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