MISSISSIPPIAdopted LEGISLATUREAMENDMENT REGULARNO SESSION1 2023PROPOSED By:TO Senate Bill No.

Senator(s)2372 Blackwell,BY: Hickman, Jordan To:

AppropriationsCommittee COMMITTEEAmend SUBSTITUTEby FORstriking SENATEall BILLafter NO.the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

2372 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND PRESERVING ACCESS TO HOSPITAL CARE FOR ALL MISSISSIPPIANS AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE CHALLENGES INCURRED BY HOSPITALS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC;

TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM;

TO PROVIDE THAT THE FUNDS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH HOSPITAL LICENSED BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR HOSPITALS OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND STATE-OPERATED FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ONLY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES;

TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIFIC HOSPITALS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING GRANT PAYMENT AMOUNTS;

TO SET THE FUND DISTRIBUTION FORMULA THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL USE FOR ALLOCATING REMAINING FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM;

TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIVING A GRANT PAYMENT UNDER THE ACT;

TO REQUIRE EACH HOSPITAL RECEIVING FUNDS FROM THE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUBMIT A REPORT DESCRIBING ITS OVERALL PATIENT CENSUS;

TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COMPILE SUCH REPORTS AND SUBMIT THE REPORTS TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BY DECEMBER 1, 2023;

AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

(1) There is hereby established the MississippiHealth HospitalCare SustainabilityImpact Grant Program.Program to be administered by the State Department of Health.

(2)The Inprogram ordershall provide grants to measure,hospitals improvefor andthe preservepurpose accessof tostrengthening Mississippiand hospitalimproving carethe forhealth allcare Mississippianssystem and inthe recognitionquality ofand theavailability challengesof incurredhealth bycare Mississippiservices, hospitalsand aspartially acompensating resulthospitals offor the COVID-19cost pandemic,of fundsuncompensated fromcare thethat Mississippithey S.have.

B.The amount of the grants shall be calculated based on the number of licensed beds of the hospitals.

No.Hospitals eligible for grants under the program include licensed specialty hospitals that are recognized as such by the department.

237223/HR26/SB2372A.J *SS36/R928CS**HR26/SB2372A.J* ~P(RF/KW) OFFICIALSECTION ~2. G1/2 23/SS36/R928CS PAGE 1 Hospital Sustainability Grant Program shall be distributed to each hospital licensed by the State of Mississippi except for hospitals operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and state-operated facilities that provide only inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services.

(3)This Grantact funds shall take effect and be distributedin basedforce uponfrom theand followingafter formula:July 1, 2023.

(a)Further, Eachamend Mississippi-licensedby ruralstriking hospitalthe thattitle hasin lessits thanentirety one hundred (100) licensed beds and thatinserting isin notlieu classifiedthereof as a critical access hospital that operates an emergency department shall receive Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to defray the costsfollowing: of providing emergency department services.

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(d)TO EachPROVIDE Mississippi-licensedTHAT hospitalTHE withAMOUNT lessOF thanTHE oneGRANTS hundredSHALL (100)BE licensedCALCULATED bedsBASED withON theTHE majorityNUMBER ofOF suchLICENSED bedsBEDS beingOF dedicatedTHE toHOSPITALS; providing freestanding long term acute care, S.

B.AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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2372 *SS36/R928CS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS36/R928CS PAGE 2 freestanding rehabilitation or freestanding psychiatric services shall receive Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).

(4) In addition to the funds distributed above, any remaining funds appropriated for the purposes of this grant program shall be distributed on a pro-rata amount by dividing the remaining funds by the number of licensed beds attributable to all Mississippi licensed hospital eligible to receive funds under this program and determining a dollar amount for each bed and then multiplying that dollar amount by the licensed bed count for each hospital and distributing that amount to each respective hospital.

In addition to the above, in order to receive a grant payment under this section, each hospital must submit a report describing its overall patient census, its number of licensed beds and the medical services offered to its community (e.g., labor and delivery, intensive care units, emergency department, psychiatric, chemical dependency, surgery, neurology, orthopedic, etc.).

(5) The grant program described herein shall be administered by the Mississippi Department of Health.

In promulgating rules for this grant, the Department shall not place additional qualification requirements on hospitals other than the minimum requirements required under this act.

The Department shall compile the reports provided by the hospitals receiving funds under this program and submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House by December 1, 2023.

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2372 *SS36/R928CS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS36/R928CS PAGE 3 SECTION 2.

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

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