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MS Code § 41-13-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-23. Levy of ad valorem tax or pledge of revenues to pay bonds

  All bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under Section 41-13-19 may be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district issuing the same. There shall annually be levied upon all taxable property within such county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, as the case may be, an ad valorem tax, in addition to all other taxes, sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on said bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity as the same respectively matures and accrues.   All bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under Section 41-13-19 may be secured by a pledge of all or a specified portion of the annual general or special revenues of the facility for which the same were issued to acquire, construct, expand, equip or furnish, or by a pledge of any unrestricted unencumbered income from an endowment or other trust funds available to the board of trustees of the facility for which the same were issued to acquire, construct, expand, equip or furnish. The security for such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness authorized and provided for by this subsection may be in addition to or in lieu of the pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity as provided in subsection (1) hereof.
MS Code § 41-13-24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-24. Obtaining federal assistance

 Such counties, cities and towns, supervisors districts, judicial districts and election districts of a county are authorized and empowered to apply for, contract for, accept and receive grants and loans and loan guarantee agreements relating to assistance for the construction of hospital and medical facilities and to that end the governing bodies of such counties, cities and towns, supervisors districts, judicial districts and election districts of a county are authorized and empowered to enter into such contracts with the United States of America or the agencies or departments thereof as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of Sections 41-13-15 through 41-13-51.   Any such county, city and town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, which shall have entered into a binding contract with the United States of America or any agency or department thereof as aforesaid for any such grant, loan or loan guarantee agreement, may borrow money from any private lender for the purpose of providing interim financing for the acquiring, constructing, expanding, equipping and furnishing of the facilities provided for in such contract with the United States of America or agency or department thereof and assign as security for such interim financing the proceeds of any such grant, loan or loan guarantee agreement. Such interim financing shall be upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the issuing entity but shall not require payment of interest on the sums actually advanced and received at a rate of interest greater than that rate of interest authorized for interim financing by the state, counties, municipalities or political subdivisions thereof in Section 75-17-107, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 41-13-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-25. Imposition of ad valorem tax; retirement of debt

 The board of supervisors acting for a county, supervisors district or districts or an election district of such county, and the board of aldermen, city council or other like governing body acting for a city or town, are hereby authorized and empowered to levy ad valorem taxes on all the taxable property of such counties, cities, towns, supervisors district or election district for the purposes of raising funds for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nurses' homes, health centers, health departments, diagnostic or treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and related facilities established under the provisions of Sections 41-13-15 through 41-13-51, and for making additions and improvements thereto and to pledge such ad valorem taxes, whether or not actually levied, for the retirement of debt incurred either by or on behalf of such facilities and/or pursuant to agreements executed under the authority of the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act; however, any debt incurred by the pledge of taxes to retire debt incurred either by or on behalf of such facilities and/or pursuant to such agreements shall not be included in debt limits prescribed by Section 19-9-5 or Section 21-33-303, as the case may be unless and until such pledged taxes are actually levied. The amount levied for such purpose shall not exceed five (5) mills on the dollar in any one (1) year. Expenditures of said taxes for such additions and improvements shall not exceed in any fiscal year the total amount budgeted therefor by the board of trustees for the respective institutions affected. The tax levy authorized in this section shall be in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by such counties, cities, towns, supervisors districts or election district.   It is further provided that any such supervisors district in a county with a land area of five hundred ninety-two (592) square miles, wherein Mississippi Highways 8 and 9 intersect, participating with a municipality under provisions of law by contracting to assist the cost of operation and maintenance of an erected hospital, may levy such ad valorem tax as is needed to operate and maintain such hospital as is provided herein.
MS Code § 41-13-36 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-36. Employment of administrator; administrator's powers and duties

  A board of trustees may enter into a contract of employment with an administrator, the duration of which shall not exceed five (5) years, but which may periodically be renewed for additional years, provided that the duration of any such renewal contract shall not exceed five (5) years.   The administrator shall be the chief executive officer of the community hospital. Subject to any conflicting bylaws, resolutions, rules or regulations adopted by the board of trustees, the administrator's duties and powers shall include, but not be limited to, the following:   To employ and discharge employees, as needed for the efficient performance of the business of the community hospital and prescribe their duties;   To supervise and control the records, accounts, buildings and property of the community hospital and all internal affairs, and maintain discipline therein, and enforce compliance with, and obedience to, all rules, bylaws and regulations adopted by the board of trustees for the government, discipline and management of said hospital, and its employees and staff.   To attend meetings of the board of trustees and to keep the trustees advised of hospital business.   To exercise any of the powers of the board of trustees as described in Section 41-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, which have been delegated, by resolution or through the board bylaws, to the administrator.
MS Code § 41-13-38 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-38. Provisions of certain loans by hospital; financial assistance to nonprofit groups

  Any loan agreement entered into between a community hospital and a physician, employee or student pursuant to Section 41-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall contain a provision for repayment to the hospital no later than ten (10) years after the final date upon which any such payments are made, with or without interest. In the event of a default in repayment of a loan obligation, the community hospital shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees expended to collect the obligation and to all other rights and remedies of a general creditor. No loan agreement with a physician shall impose any condition of admitting a certain number or quota of the physician's patients to the community hospital.   The board of trustees may provide financial assistance or provide grants to nonprofit health-care provider groups and other recognized nonprofit entities and charities where it is determined by the board that such action will benefit the health or welfare of the citizens of the service area.
MS Code § 41-13-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-39. Trustees may establish day care centers

 The board of trustees of any hospital provided for in Sections 41-13-27 through 41-13-31 shall have full authority in its discretion to operate a child care center for the benefit of its employees and other personnel. Such child care center shall be operated as an integral part of the hospital and, if not located on the premises dedicated for hospital purposes, shall be located on such other real property, whether or not adjacent to the hospital premises, that may be purchased, leased or otherwise provided as in the case of hospitals and other related facilities, by the governing authorities of the counties, cities and towns, supervisors districts or election districts jointly or separately interested in the operation of the hospital. If such child care centers be leased, the rental therefor shall be paid from hospital funds, and the hospital board of trustees may in its discretion make charges to its employees and other personnel for child care services. In the event that child care centers shall hereafter be subject to licensure by an agency of the State of Mississippi other than the licensing agency for hospitals, child care centers established hereunder shall nevertheless be subject to inspection, approval and licensure by the hospital licensing agency.
MS Code § 41-13-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|In General|§ 41-13-47. Proposed budget; reports

 On or before the first Monday in September of each year, the said board of trustees shall make, enter on its minutes and file with the owner or owners, separately or jointly interested in said hospital, a proposed budget based on anticipated income and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. Such budget, as submitted or amended, shall be approved by the said owner or owners, as the case may be, which approval shall be evidenced by a proper order recorded upon the minutes of each such owner.   On or before the first Monday in March of each year, said board of trustees shall also make, enter on its minutes and file with such owner or owners, a full fiscal year report which shall contain a complete and correct accounting of all funds received and expended for all hospital purposes.
MS Code § 41-13-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|Trust to Insure Against Public Liability Claims|§ 41-13-101. Authorization of trust to insure participating hospitals against public liability claims

 There is hereby authorized the establishment, maintenance, administration and operation of any trust established by agreement of any hospitals or other health-care units licensed as such by the State of Mississippi, including without limitation, community hospitals established under this chapter (hereinafter referred to as "hospitals") as grantors, with such hospitals as beneficiaries, for the purpose of insuring against general public liability claims based upon acts or omissions of such hospitals, including without limitation, claims based upon malpractice. Such hospitals may, by trust agreement among themselves and a trustee or trustees of their selection, specify the terms, conditions and provisions of such a trust.
MS Code § 41-13-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|Trust to Insure Against Public Liability Claims|§ 41-13-103. Trustees; powers; liability; investments

 The trustees of trusts established pursuant to Section 41-13-101 shall hold the legal title to all property at any time belonging to the trust. They shall have control over such property as well as the control and management of the business and affairs of the trust. Liability to third persons for any act, omission or obligation of a trustee of a trust, when acting in such capacity, shall extend to the whole of the trust estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such obligation, but no trustee shall be personally liable for any such act, omission or obligation. The trustees shall have such powers as to the investment of the trust estate as may be set out in the declaration of trust. However, the investments of the trust shall be limited to the same type, kind and quality as those required of a domestic casualty insurer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the trustees shall have any powers, whether conferred upon them by the agreement of trust or otherwise, to perform all acts necessary or desirable to the conduct of the business of a public liability insurer.
MS Code § 41-13-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|Trust to Insure Against Public Liability Claims|§ 41-13-105. Liability of participating hospitals

 No hospital which is a participant in such a trust, as grantor, member, beneficiary or otherwise, shall be liable or obligated to the trust, to the trustee, to any other grantor, member or beneficiary, to any creditor of the trust or to any other person by virtue of its participation other than for the payment of its full agreed contribution to the trust in accordance with the trust agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no participating hospital shall incur any other liability of any nature whatever because of or arising out of its participation in such a trust.
MS Code § 41-13-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 13 - Community Hospitals|Trust to Insure Against Public Liability Claims|§ 41-13-107. Trust not subject to insurance laws

 Neither the establishment of a trust under Section 41-13-101 nor the participation of a hospital in such trust shall constitute a "contract of insurance" within the meaning of Section 83-5-5, and the trust shall not be considered an "insurance company" or any other concern subject to the inspection and supervision of the Insurance Commissioner within the meaning of Section 83-5-1 or of the Insurance Commission within the meaning of Section 83-3-1 et seq.
MS Code § 41-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-1. Declaration of purpose

 The purpose of Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-17 is to create, construct, equip and maintain a center, to be located in North Mississippi, for the care and treatment of persons with an intellectual disability, which shall be known as the North Mississippi Regional Center.
MS Code § 41-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-3. Location of center

 The center shall be located on a site selected by the Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions and approved by the Mississippi State Building Commission. The center, however, shall be located as near as possible to an urban area or institution having adequate medical and hospital facilities and shall embrace sufficient land for such agricultural activities as the board may deem necessary for the operation of the center.   Out of funds provided therefor by the Legislature or from any sources, the building commission is hereby authorized to purchase or acquire the necessary land for the location of the center; or the commission may acquire the land by gift, deed, transfer, or other legitimate means; or the center may be located on land belonging to the state or one of its political subdivisions. However, any such land selected shall be transferred or deeded to the State of Mississippi for the sole use of the Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions in carrying out the provisions of Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-17.
MS Code § 41-19-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-5. Construction and equipping of center

 With funds provided by the legislature, by direct appropriation or authorized bond issue, with federal matching funds, or with any other available funds, the Mississippi State Building Commission is hereby authorized to construct and equip the necessary residential and service buildings and other facilities to care for approximately five hundred (500) residents. The general design of the center and all construction plans shall be approved and recommended by the board of trustees of mental institutions.
MS Code § 41-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-7. Management and operation of center

 The center shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health. Provisions relating to the admission and care of residents and patients provided for hereinafter shall apply to all institutions for persons with an intellectual disability administered by the board.
MS Code § 41-19-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-13. Reimbursement

 Persons admitted to the center shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.
MS Code § 41-19-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-15. Penalties

 Any person who (1) under the provisions of Section 41-19-11, knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged a person with an intellectual disability, (2) procures the escape of a legally committed resident or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of the center, or (3) unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the center or its grounds, or passes any thereof to resident, employee or officer of the center, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 41-19-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi Regional Center|§ 41-19-17. Designation of North Mississippi Regional Center as state agency for carrying out federal acts pertaining to intellectual disabilities

 The North Mississippi Regional Center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America, now existing or at any time hereafter enacted, pertaining to intellectual disabilities.
MS Code § 41-19-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Facilities and Services for Individuals with Mental Retardation or Mental Illness|§ 41-19-31. Board of supervisors may select regional districts

 For the purpose of authorizing the establishment of mental illness and intellectual disability facilities and services in the State of Mississippi, the boards of supervisors of one or more counties are authorized to act singularly or as a group in the selection of a regional district by spreading upon their minutes by resolution such designation.
MS Code § 41-19-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Facilities and Services for Individuals with Mental Retardation or Mental Illness|§ 41-19-35. Appointment, term, and compensation of regional commission members

 The board of supervisors of each participating county in the program shall appoint one (1) member to represent its county on the regional commission in its respective region for a term of four (4) years. Any compensation of such members shall be paid by the regional commission, in its discretion, from any funds available.
MS Code § 41-19-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Facilities and Services for Individuals with Mental Retardation or Mental Illness|§ 41-19-37. Location of facilities or services in regions

 The location of any mental illness and intellectual disability facilities or services in any of the regions shall be determined by the regional commission. However, such location and such services shall not conflict with the state plan for services or facilities developed by the Department of Mental Health.
MS Code § 41-19-38 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Facilities and Services for Individuals with Mental Retardation or Mental Illness|§ 41-19-38. Mental health facilities subject to local zoning ordinances or regulations

 Any regional mental health or intellectual disability commission established according to the provisions of Section 41-19-31 et seq. shall not construct or operate any facility in an area in violation of any local zoning ordinances or regulations.
MS Code § 41-19-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Facilities and Services for Individuals with Mental Retardation or Mental Illness|§ 41-19-39. Financial support for facilities or services for individuals with mental illness or intellectual disability; tax levy

 After a plan for mental illness and intellectual disability facilities or services has been submitted by any regional commission and approved by the Department of Mental Health, the regional commission may request the boards of supervisors of the various counties in the region to levy a special tax for the construction, operation and maintenance of those mental illness and intellectual disability facilities or services in such region. The boards of supervisors of the counties desiring to participate in the program in each region are authorized to use any available funds and, if necessary, to levy a special tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, for the construction, operation and maintenance of the mental illness and intellectual disability facilities or services provided for and authorized in Sections 41-19-31 through 41-19-39.   The governing authority of any municipality in the region may, upon resolution spread upon its minutes, make a voluntary contribution for the construction, operation or maintenance of the mental illness and intellectual disability facilities in the region in which the municipality lies.   In addition to the purposes for which the county tax levies and municipal contributions may be used as authorized under this section, the county tax levies and municipal contributions may also be used for repayment of any loans from private lending institutions made by the commission under the authority of Section 41-19-33(l).