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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-10 - Definitions

For purposes of Sections
41-13-10
through
41-13-47
, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Administrator" shall mean the chief administrative official and executive officer of a community hospital selected by the board of trustees of such community hospital.
(b)
"Board of trustees" shall mean the board appointed pursuant to Section
41-13-29
, to operate a community hospital.
(c)
"Community hospital" shall mean any hospital, nursing home and/or related health facilities or programs, including, without limitation, ambulatory surgical facilities, intermediate care facilities, after-hours clinics, home health agencies and rehabilitation facilities, established and acquired by boards of trustees or by one or more owners which is governed, operated and maintained by a board of trustees.
(d)
"Owner" shall mean any board of supervisors of any county having an ownership interest in any community hospital or leased facility on behalf of the county or on behalf of any supervisors district, judicial district or election district of the county and shall also mean any governing council or board of any municipality having an ownership interest in any community hospital or leased facility.
(e)
"Leased facility" shall mean a hospital, nursing home or related health facilities which an owner has leased to an individual, partnership, corporation, other owner or board of trustees for a term not in excess of fifty (50) years, conditioned upon the facility continuing to operate on a nonprofit basis. A leased facility shall not be deemed or considered to be a community hospital except for purposes of Sections
41-13-19
through
41-13-25
, and shall not be subject to the statutory requirements placed on community hospitals except to the extent as may be specifically required by the terms of the applicable lease agreement. However, in situations where another community hospital, acting through its board of trustees, is the lessee of a leased facility, the leased facility shall remain subject to this chapter and other laws applicable to community hospitals, except that the owners of the lessee shall have sole authority to appoint the board of trustees for the leased facility, which shall be the same board of trustees as appointed under Section
41-13-29
for the lessee community hospital.
(f)
"Service area" means that area in which a community hospital may provide services and perform the activities in Section
41-13-35(5)
, as determined by a board of trustees by its patient origin studies, and may include areas outside of the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 2; Laws, 2002, ch. 441, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 442, SB 2892,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1942, § 3002.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 309, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-16 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 456, eff.7/1/1980.
Laws, 1972, ch. 321 § 1; Laws, 1972, 494, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 442 § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-17 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-50; Laws, 1944, ch. 277, § 1; Laws, 1946, ch. 412, § 1; Laws, 1948, ch. 435, § 1; Laws, 1954, ch. 294, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 356; Laws, 1960, ch. 353; Laws, 1962, ch. 401; Laws, 1966, ch. 461, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 442, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 484, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-23 - Levy of ad valorem tax or pledge of revenues to pay bonds

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-51; Laws, 1944, ch. 277, § 2; Laws, 1946, ch. 412, § 2; Laws, 1948, ch. 435, § 2; Laws, 1954, ch. 294, § 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 459, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 442, § 2; Laws, 1970, ch. 321, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 447, § 1, eff. 5/5/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-51(e); Laws, 1972, ch. 447, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 410; Laws, 1987, ch. 396, eff. 3/20/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-52; Laws, 1944, ch. 277, § 3; Laws, 1946, ch. 412, § 3; Laws, 1948, ch. 435, § 3; Laws, 1954, ch. 294, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 550; Laws, 1968, ch. 442, § 3; Laws, 1987, ch. 526; Laws, 1991, ch. 389 § 1, eff. 3/15/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-27 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-54; Laws, 1944, ch. 277, § 4; Laws, 1948, ch. 413, § 1; Laws, 1950, ch. 504, § 1; Laws, 1954, ch. 289, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 297, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 363, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-31 - and 41-13-33 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
§ 41-13-31. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-56; Laws, 1944, ch. 277; Laws, 1946, ch. 412, § 4; Laws, 1948, ch. 435, § 4; Laws, 1956, ch. 297, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 368, § 3; Laws, 1968, ch. 442, § 4; Laws,1978, ch. 321, § 1] § 41-13-33. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-56.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 363, § 4; Laws, 1966, chs. 460, 482; Laws, 1968, ch. 443, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 510, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 436, § 2]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-36 - Employment of administrator; administrator's powers and duties

(1)
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.
(2)
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:
(a)
To employ and discharge employees, as needed for the efficient performance of the business of the community hospital and prescribe their duties;
(b)
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.
(c)
To attend meetings of the board of trustees and to keep the trustees advised of hospital business.
(d)
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.
Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 7, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-37 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-56.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 363, § 4; Laws, 1966, chs. 460, 482; Laws, 1968, ch. 443, § 1
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-38 - Provisions of certain loans by hospital; financial assistance to nonprofit groups

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 8, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-56.5; Laws, 1958, chs. 363, § 4; Laws, 1966, chs. 460, 482; Laws, 1968, ch. 443, § 1, eff. 8/6/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-41 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 332, § 2, eff. 7/1/1978.
Laws, 1968, ch. 296, §§ 1, 4
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 41-13-43 - and 41-13-45 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 395, § 6, eff. 7/1/1982.
§ 41-13-43. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-55.6; Laws, 1968, ch. 296, § 2; Laws, 1978, ch. 332, § 1] § 41-13-45. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-55.7; Laws, 1968, ch. 296, § 3]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-53) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7129-57; Laws, 1944, ch. 277, § 7; Laws, 1958, ch. 363, § 5; Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 9; Laws, 2009, ch. 338, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › TRUST TO INSURE AGAINST PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS (§§ 41-13-101 — 41-13-107) › Section 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.
Laws, 1982, ch. 370, § 1; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 38; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 35; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 21; Laws, 1987, ch. 480, § 1, eff. 4/15/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › TRUST TO INSURE AGAINST PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS (§§ 41-13-101 — 41-13-107) › Section 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.
Laws, 1982, ch. 370, § 2; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 38; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 36; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 22; Laws, 1987, ch. 480, § 2, eff. 4/15/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › TRUST TO INSURE AGAINST PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS (§§ 41-13-101 — 41-13-107) › Section 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.
Laws, 1982, ch. 370, § 3; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 38; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 37; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 23; Laws, 1987, ch. 480, § 3, eff. 4/15/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 13 - COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (§§ 41-13-1 — 41-13-107) › TRUST TO INSURE AGAINST PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS (§§ 41-13-101 — 41-13-107) › Section 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.
Laws, 1982, ch. 370, § 4; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 38; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 38; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 24; Laws, 1987, ch. 480, § 4, eff. 4/15/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-1 - Short title

Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi ICU Infrastructure Act."
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 2, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-3 - Establishment and administration of the ICU Infrastructure Program to help hospitals increase treatment capacity related to the COVID-19 pandemic

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mississippi Department of Health shall establish and administer the ICU Infrastructure Program for the purpose of providing funds to hospitals to increase treatment capacity related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including adding intensive care units, isolation rooms or negative pressure rooms, and related construction and facilitation costs, but not to include any administrative expenses or costs or any staffing expenses or costs. For the purpose of this section, "related construction and facilitation costs" is defined as allowing funding for intensive care units, negative pressure rooms, or isolation rooms, related medical equipment and any needed HVAC system alterations to accommodate the negative pressure, isolation rooms and intensive care units.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 3, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-5 - Department of Health duties and responsibilities related to governing the administration of the program; allocation of program funds

(1)
The Department of Health shall:
(a)
Promulgate rules and regulations to govern the administration of the program;
(b)
Make every effort to expend the funds appropriated to the program established in Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
by October 30, 2020;
(c)
Require recipients of funds under this program to certify that there is a need to add intensive care units, isolation rooms or negative pressure rooms at the facility receiving funds;
(d)
Require recipients of funds under this program to certify that the facility adding intensive care units, isolation rooms or negative pressure rooms can adequately staff such units or rooms; and
(e)
Certify to the Department of Finance and Administration that each expenditure of the funds appropriated to the Department of Health under Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
is in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations and/or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act.
(2)
No individual hospital shall receive more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds appropriated to this program.
(3)
The Department of Health may retain up to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) of the funds appropriated to the program established in Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
to pay reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the program.
(4)
Out of the funds appropriated to this program, the Department of Health shall expend twenty percent (20%) or more of such funds for hospitals in Mississippi that are either designated as a Level III Trauma Center or a Level IV Trauma Center.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 4, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-7 - ICU Infrastructure Fund created; use of monies; unexpended monies

(1)
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the "ICU Infrastructure Fund," from which the awards authorized under the ICU Infrastructure Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Health.
(2)
(a)
All monies shall be disbursed from the fund created in subsection (1) of this section in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act. However, unexpended amounts of any monies unrelated to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, whether appropriated by the Legislature or donated by any public or private entity, remaining in the funds at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the Budget Contingency Fund or the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the program fund shall be deposited to the credit of the ICU Infrastructure Fund; and
(b)
If on December 15, 2020, there are unexpended Coronavirus Relief Fund monies remaining in the fund created in this section, those funds shall be transferred into the Unemployment Compensation Fund no later than December 30, 2020.
(3)
The use of funds allocated under this program shall be subject to audit by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General and the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. Each person receiving funds under these programs found to be fully or partially noncompliant with the requirements in Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
shall return to the state all or a portion of the funds received.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 5, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-9 - Repayment of funds expended for purpose not complying with federal guidelines

If the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the Office of Inspector General of any other federal agency having oversight over the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act (a) determines that the Department of Health or recipient has expended or otherwise used any of the funds appropriated to the Department of Health under Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
for any purpose that is not in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations and/or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act, and (b) the State of Mississippi is required to repay the federal government for any of those funds that the Office of the Inspector General determined were expended or otherwise used improperly by the Department of Health or recipient, then the Department of Health or recipient that expended or otherwise used those funds improperly shall be required to pay the amount of those funds to the State of Mississippi for repayment to the federal government.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 6, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 14 - MISSISSIPPI ICU INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (§§ 41-14-1 — 41-14-11) › Section 41-14-11 - Status report of appropriated funds

On October 15, 2020, the Department of Health shall provide the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chair of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, and the Chair of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee with a status report of the funds appropriated to it under Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
. Thereafter, the Department of Health shall report weekly on the status of the funds under Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
until October 30, 2020 or until the funds under Sections
41-14-1
through
41-14-11
are fully expended, whichever is later.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 500, SB 3055,§ 7, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 15 - DEPARTMENT FOR THE PREVENTION OF INSANITY [Repealed] (§ 41-15-1) › Section 41-15-1 - through 41-15-7 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 15, eff. 4/23/1974.
§ 41-15-1. [Laws, 1944, ch. 279, §§ 1, 3; Laws, 1952, ch. 317, §§ 1, 2] § 41-15-3. [Laws, 1944, ch. 279, §§ 1, 3; Laws, 1952, ch. 317, §§ 1, 2] § 41-15-5. [Laws, 1944, ch. 279, § 2] § 41-15-7. [Laws, 1944, ch. 279, § 4; Laws, 1952, ch. 317, § 3]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 17 - STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 41-17-1 — 41-17-13) › Section 41-17-1 - Establishment of state hospitals and facilities for persons with mental illness

Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, East Mississippi State Hospital at Meridian, North Mississippi State Hospital at Tupelo, South Mississippi State Hospital at Purvis, the Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally Disturbed in Harrison County, and the Central Mississippi Residential Center at Newton are established for the care and treatment of persons with mental illness, free of charge, except as otherwise provided.
Codes, 1892, § 2830; 1906, § 3211; Hemingway's 1917, § 5553; 1930, § 4568; 1942, § 6901; Laws, 2002, ch. 350, § 2, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 17 - STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 41-17-1 — 41-17-13) › Section 41-17-3 - East Mississippi State Hospital

The state psychiatric hospital and institution established at Meridian by the Act of March 8, 1882, shall continue to exist as a body politic and corporate, under the name of the "East Mississippi State Hospital," with all the privileges conferred and the duties enjoined by law. It may hold and use, as required by law, all the property, real and personal, belonging to or that may be given to it for the purposes of its establishment.
Codes, 1892, § 1624; 1906, § 1799; Hemingway's 1917, § 4492; 1930, § 4565; 1942, § 6897; Laws, 1928, ch. 141; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 14, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 17 - STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 41-17-1 — 41-17-13) › Section 41-17-5 - through 41-17-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 50, eff. 7/1/2008.
§ 41-17-5. [Codes, 1857, ch. 12, art. 6; 1871, § 2090; 1880, § 656; 1892, § 2820; 1906, § 3201; Hemingway's 1917, § 5718; 1930, § 4553; 1942, § 6886; Laws, 1898, ch. 67.] § 41-17-7. [Codes, 1857, ch. 12, art. 9; 1871, § 2100; 1880, § 658; 1892, § 2829; 1906, § 3210; Hemingway's 1917, § 5727; 1930, § 4561; 1942, § 6894.] § 41-17-9. [Codes, 1906, § 3229; Hemingway's 1917, § 5571; 1930, § 4566; 1942, § 6899; Laws, 1932, ch. 273.]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 17 - STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 41-17-1 — 41-17-13) › Section 41-17-11 - Furnishing of care for veterans

The directors of the state institutions listed in Section
41-7-73
each may receive any monies that the United States government may offer as federal aid in taking care of and giving special attention to those persons who served with the Armed Forces of the United States during time of war and who are now in or may hereafter be in any of those state institutions. Each of those directors may expend that part of the money paid to him or his institution, according to his best judgment and the requirements of the United States government under which the money is received.
Codes, 1930, § 4567; 1942, § 6900; Laws, 1922, ch. 301; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 15, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 17 - STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 41-17-1 — 41-17-13) › Section 41-17-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 50, eff. 7/1/2008.
Codes, 1942, § 6883-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 425, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-01; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 336, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 25, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-02; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 336, § 2, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-03; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 3, eff. 6/21/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-04; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 14; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 26, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 41-19-9 - and 41-19-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1984, ch. 477, § 25, eff. 7/1/1984.
§ 41-19-9. [Codes, 1942, § 6900-05; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 5] § 41-19-11. [Codes, 1942, § 6900-06; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 6]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-07; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 7; Laws, 1992, ch. 336, § 3, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-08; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 8; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 27, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6900-09; Laws, 1968, ch. 438, § 9; Laws, 1992, ch. 336, § 4; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 28, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-31 — 41-19-45) › Section 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 in conformity with Chapter 427, Laws of 2023.
Codes, 1942, § 6909-57; Laws, 1966, ch. 477, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 29, eff. 4/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2023.
Short title.
Section 1 of Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222 provides: "This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Mississippi Collaborative Response to Mental Health Act.""
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-31 — 41-19-45) › Section 41-19-35 - Appointment, term, and compensation of regional commission members

Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the appointing board of supervisors, who may be a clerk, sheriff or deputy. In addition, the chancery clerks of the counties in each region shall select a chancery clerk or a deputy clerk to serve as a nonvoting liaison to the commission, and the sheriffs of the counties in each region shall select a sheriff or a deputy sheriff to serve as a nonvoting liaison to the commission. Any compensation of such members shall be paid by the regional commission, in its discretion, from any funds available. Each member of the commission shall attend the orientation training for new commissioners and the annual training for all commissioners held by the Department of Mental Health. The Department of Mental Health shall notify the board of supervisors when a commissioner does not attend either the orientation training or annual training. Upon notice from the Department of Mental Health that a commissioner has failed to attend the required meetings, the appointing board of supervisors shall remove the commissioner, unless the department and the commission agree to an alternate arrangement to allow the commissioner to continue to serve until the next opportunity to attend the orientation meeting and/or the annual training.
Codes, 1942, § 6909-59; Laws, 1966, ch. 477, § 3, eff. 6/16/1966.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2023.
Short title.
Section 1 of Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222 provides: "This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Mississippi Collaborative Response to Mental Health Act.""
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-31 — 41-19-45) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6909-60; Laws, 1966, ch. 477, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 12; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 31, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 19 - FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-1 — 41-19-301) › FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 41-19-31 — 41-19-45) › Section 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.
Laws, 1995, ch. 528, § 16; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 32, eff. 4/1/2010.