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MS Code § 41-71-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-21. Penalty for violations; injunction

 Any person or persons or other entity or entities establishing, managing or operating a home health agency or conducting the business of a home health agency without the required license, or which otherwise violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated and established in furtherance of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each day of a continuing violation shall be considered a separate offense. The licensing agency may seek injunctive relief in the event it deems such action necessary after consulting with the state attorney general.
MS Code § 41-73-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act.
MS Code § 41-73-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-3. Legislative findings; declaration of public purpose

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:    Delivery of quality health care in Mississippi has in recent years become increasingly dependent upon sophisticated equipment and adequate, modern facilities at a time when the acquisition and financing of such equipment and facilities by health-care providers has become increasingly expensive.   It is necessary that Mississippi hospitals be able to obtain the modern equipment and facilities needed to meet the needs of their medical staffs and to improve the quality of medical care provided to Mississippi citizens.   The increased costs of acquiring and financing modern equipment and facilities by Mississippi hospitals is necessarily passed to the patients receiving medical care from the hospitals, resulting in higher medical bills and increased health insurance premiums.   These increased costs discourage Mississippi citizens from obtaining necessary medical care.   The problems set forth above cannot be remedied solely through the operation of private enterprise or efforts by individual communities, but can be alleviated through the creation of a public body corporate and politic, separate and apart from the State of Mississippi, constituting a governmental instrumentality, to be known as the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority, to encourage the investment of private capital in Mississippi hospitals through the use of public financing as provided in this act for the purpose of financing hospital equipment and hospital facilities at interest rates lower than those available in the conventional credit markets.   Alleviating the conditions and problems set forth above by the encouragement of private investment through a governmental body is a public purpose and use for which public money provided by the sale of revenue bonds may be borrowed, expended, advanced, loaned and granted and is hereby so declared to be such public purpose as a matter of express legislative determination. Such activities shall not be conducted for profit.
MS Code § 41-73-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-7. Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority created; membership; appointment; qualifications

  There is hereby created, with such duties and powers as are set forth in this act, a body politic and corporate, not a state agency, but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, to be known as the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority.   The authority shall be governed by seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.   The members shall at all times include the following:   One (1) resident of each of the three (3) Supreme Court districts in the state;   One (1) certified public accountant experienced in hospital finance;   One (1) possessing not less than ten (10) years' experience in hospital management and finance;   One (1) banker with experience in commercial lending or one (1) investment banker with experience in municipal finance;   One (1) chosen at large.     All members shall be residents of the state.
MS Code § 41-73-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-9. Terms of members of authority; vacancies; removal; oath

 Three (3) members shall be appointed for an initial term of one (1) year, two (2) members shall be appointed for an initial term of two (2) years, one (1) member shall be appointed for an initial term of three (3) years and one (1) member shall be appointed for an initial term of four (4) years. All subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four (4) years. Each member shall hold office for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the governor, subject to the advice and consent of the senate, for the length of the unexpired term only. Any member shall be eligible for reappointment. Any member may be removed from office for incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office by the governor after reasonable notice and a public hearing unless the same are expressly waived in writing. Each member of the authority appointed by the governor shall, before entering upon his duty, take an oath of office to administer the duties of his office faithfully and competently, and a record of such oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
MS Code § 41-73-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-11. Officers of authority; per diem and expenses of members

 The chairman of the authority shall be elected from the members of the authority by the vote of all such members. The members shall also elect from among their number a vice-chairman and such other officers as they may determine. They shall receive no compensation for their services but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses and per diem in accordance with Sections 25-3-41 and 25-3-69, respectively.
MS Code § 41-73-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-13. Quorum; vote required for action

 The powers of the authority shall be vested in the members thereof. Four (4) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The affirmative vote of at least four (4) members shall be necessary for any action to be taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the authority.
MS Code § 41-73-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-15. Regular and called meetings

 Regular meetings of the members of the authority shall be held as set forth in its rules and regulations. Additional meetings of the members of the authority shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever any three (3) members so request.
MS Code § 41-73-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-17. Executive director; duties; contracting for administrative services; payment; secretary; duties

 The members of the authority may appoint an executive director and/or a secretary who shall be employees of the authority, but not members thereof, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the members and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the members. The executive director, if appointed, shall attend the meetings of the members of the authority and shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and activities of the authority in accordance with the policies and under the control and direction of the members. The executive director shall approve all accounts for salaries, allowable expenses of the authority or of any employee or consultant thereof, and expenses incidental to the operation of the authority. He shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the members in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The practices and procedures regarding administrative functions and responsibilities of the authority shall be subject to the approval and review of the director of the state bond advisory division of the governor's office. In lieu of or in addition to the appointment of an executive director, the authority may contract with the state bond advisory division of the governor's office to carry out in whole or in part the administrative functions and responsibilities of the authority, but may only pay the actual expenses incurred by such division in performing such functions and responsibilities. The expenses incurred by the authority in contracting for such administrative functions and responsibilities shall be paid by the authority as a qualified cost pursuant to Section 41-73-5(d)(vii).   The secretary shall attend the meetings of the members of the authority, shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority, and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the authority, the minute book or journal of the authority, and its official seal. He may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and may give certificates under seal of the authority to the effect that such copies are true copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely upon such certificates. If an executive director and/or secretary are not appointed, the members of the authority may designate from among themselves or the authority's employees the person or persons responsible for carrying out the duties set out in this section.
MS Code § 41-73-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-19. Additional officers, agents or employees

 The authority may employ legal counsel, technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it deems necessary to carry out the efficient operation of the authority, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, compensation and terms of office. The members may delegate to one or more agents or employees of the authority such administrative duties as they deem proper.
MS Code § 41-73-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-21. Conflict of interest of member, employee or agent; disclosure required; effect of disclosure

 Any member, employee or agent of the authority who has, will have, or later acquires an interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction with the authority shall immediately disclose the nature and extent of such interest in writing to the authority as soon as he has knowledge of such actual or prospective interest. Such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure such member, employee or agent shall not participate in any action by the authority authorizing such transaction.
MS Code § 41-73-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-23. State office or position not forfeited by virtue of authority membership or service

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of the state shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office or employment by reason of his acceptance of membership in the authority or by reason of his providing services to such authority.
MS Code § 41-73-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-25. Surety bonds of members and executive director; blanket bond authorized; conditions of bonds; costs

 Before the issuance of any bonds pursuant to this chapter, each member of the authority and the executive director, if one shall have been appointed, shall execute a surety bond in the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the state. To the extent any member of the authority is already covered by a bond required by state law, such member need not obtain another bond so long as the bond required by the state law is in at least the sum specified in this section and covers the member's activities for the authority. In lieu of such bonds, the chairman of the authority may execute a blanket surety bond covering each member and the executive director of the authority. Each surety bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the member or executive director and shall be issued by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety. At all times after the issuance of any surety bonds, each member and executive director shall maintain such surety bonds in full force and effect. All costs of the surety bonds shall be borne by the authority.
MS Code § 41-73-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-29. Duties of authority

 The authority shall have the following duties:    To invest any funds not needed for immediate disbursement, including any funds held in reserve, in one or more of the following:   Obligations of any municipality or the state or the United States of America;   Obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by the state or the United States of America;   Obligations of any corporation wholly owned by the United States of America;   Obligations of any corporation sponsored by the United States of America which are or may become eligible as collateral for advances to member banks as determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;   Certificates or any other evidence of ownership interest in obligations of or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or in specified portions thereof, which may consist of the principal thereof or the interest thereon;   Certificates of deposit or time deposits of qualified depositories of the state as approved by the State Depository Commission, secured in such manner, if any, as the authority shall determine;   Contracts for the purchase and sale of obligations of the type specified in items (a) through (e) above;   Repurchase agreements secured by obligations specified in items (a) through (e) above; or   Money market funds, the assets of which are required to be invested in obligations specified in items (a) through (f) above;   Any investments authorized for the investment of funds of certain hospitals pursuant to Section 27-105-365.     To fix, revise from time to time, charge and collect fees and other charges, as the authority determines to be reasonable, in connection with its loans, leases, sales, advances, insurance, commitments and servicing;   To cooperate with and exchange services, personnel and information with any federal, state or local governmental agency;   To sell, at public or private sale, with or without public bidding, any loan or other obligation held by the authority;   To adopt rules and regulations which enhance the probability that hospital institutions will use for such purposes all bond proceeds which are available to finance hospital equipment and hospital facilities; and   To do any act necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter or reasonably implied from it.
MS Code § 41-73-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-33. Security requirements with respect to hospital equipment or hospital facilities lease, installment purchase contract, or loan agreement

 The authority shall require that each participating hospital institution agree to maintain rates sufficient to assure that timely payments are made on any lease, installment purchase contract or loan agreement entered into pursuant to this act and may require any other type of security from the participating hospital institution that it deems reasonable and necessary. In addition, the authority may require that should there be a deficit in the funds necessary to pay any expenses incurred by the authority in connection with the delivery of the bonds, the hospital institutions receiving funds from such bond issue shall provide the necessary funds to make up for such deficit on a pro rata basis as determined by the authority.
MS Code § 41-73-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-35. Authority may issue bonds; purposes; authorization; issuance

 The authority is hereby authorized to issue, sell and deliver its bonds in accordance with the terms of this act, for any of its corporate purposes.   Bonds shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the authority adopted as provided by this act; provided, that any such resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds may delegate to an officer or officers of the authority the power to issue such bonds from time to time and to fix the details of any such issues of bonds by an appropriate certificate of such authorized officer.
MS Code § 41-73-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-39. Disposition of proceeds; administrative expenses

 The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used for the payment of all or part of the cost of or for the making of a loan in the amount of all or part of the cost of the hospital equipment or the hospital facilities for which such bonds have been authorized or for the refunding of outstanding bonds of the authority and, at the option of the authority, for the deposit into a reserve fund or reserve funds for the bonds; provided that the authority shall be paid an amount of money equal to all of the authority's out-of-pocket expenses and costs in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of such bonds including, without limitation, all financing, legal (including bond and underwriter's counsel), accounting, financial, advisory, blue sky, printing and other expenses and costs in issuing such bonds, including also initial fees paid to the trustee of the bond issue and to any party servicing the leases, installment purchase contracts and loan agreements for the authority, and the costs of obtaining insurance, guarantees and letters of credit securing payment of the bonds and the lease, loan and installment purchase payments, plus an amount of money equal to the compensation paid to any employee of the authority for the time such employee has spent on activities relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of such bonds, utilizing therefor money from the proceeds of the sale and delivery of bonds issued in accordance with this act. Bond proceeds shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as may be determined by the authority.
MS Code § 41-73-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-41. Refunding bonds authorized

 The authority is authorized to issue its bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the authority then outstanding. The total amount of such refunding bonds shall be an amount sufficient to effect the refunding, and may include an amount sufficient to pay (i) the principal amount of the refunded bonds, (ii) interest accrued or to accrue to the date of maturity or the date of redemption of the bonds to be refunded which need not necessarily be on the first available redemption date, (iii) any redemption premiums to be paid thereon, (iv) any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such refunding, and (v) any other reasonable costs deemed necessary by the authority to effect the refunding. The proceeds of such refunding bonds may be applied in the manner determined by the authority and may be placed in escrow and invested, without regard to the limitations of any law to the contrary, but not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, in the manner and on the terms determined by the authority. All such refunding bonds shall be issued and secured and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as any other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
MS Code § 41-73-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 73 - Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act|§ 41-73-43. Trust indentures

 The bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee which may be any bank having the power of a trust company or any trust company within or without the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the exercise of its powers and the custody, safekeeping and application of all money. The authority may provide by the trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenue to the trustee under the trust indenture or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as the authority may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the authority. If the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.