Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB888: Mississippi Burn Care Fund; revise use of monies in, increase license tag fees to be deposited into.
Status: Failed, March 4, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-70, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AND ANY BURN CENTER AFFILIATED WITH A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM AS A BURN CENTER FOR WHICH FUNDS SHALL BE APPROPRIATED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO DELETE THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER AS BEING AN AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING GIFTS, DONATIONS, BEQUESTS, APPROPRIATIONS OR GRANTS AND FOR DEPOSIT OF SUCH INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-44.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE THAT IS IMPOSED FOR ANY DISTINCTIVE OR SPECIAL LICENSE TAG OR PLATE AND THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH ARE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 41-59-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SHALL REVISE THE PLAN FOR THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO MISSISSIPPI BURN VICTIMS THROUGH THE EXISTING TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM OF HOSPITALS TO INCLUDE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AND ANY BURN CENTER AFFILIATED WITH A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF FIFTY CENTS UPON EACH SET OF LICENSE TAGS AND TWO DECALS ISSUED, OR UPON EACH SET OF TWO DECALS ISSUED, FOR PRIVATE CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS AND FOR PRIVATE CARRIERS OF PROPERTY OF A GROSS WEIGHT OF 10,000 POUNDS AND LESS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM SUCH FEE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND CREATED IN SECTION 7-9-70; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 7-9-70, mississippi code of 1972, to include baptist medical center and any burn center affiliated with a level 1 trauma center in the mississippi trauma care system as a burn center for which funds shall be appropriated from the mississippi burn care fund; to delete the university of mississippi medical center as being an agency responsible for receiving gifts, donations, bequests, appropriations or grants and for deposit of such into the mississippi burn care fund…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-70, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AND ANY BURN CENTER AFFILIATED WITH A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM AS A BURN CENTER FOR WHICH FUNDS SHALL BE APPROPRIATED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO DELETE THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER AS BEING AN AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING GIFTS, DONATIONS, BEQUESTS, APPROPRIATIONS OR GRANTS AND FOR DEPOSIT OF SUCH INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-44.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE THAT IS IMPOSED FOR ANY DISTINCTIVE OR SPECIAL LICENSE TAG OR PLATE AND THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH ARE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 41-59-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SHALL REVISE THE PLAN FOR THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO MISSISSIPPI BURN VICTIMS THROUGH THE EXISTING TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM OF HOSPITALS TO INCLUDE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AND ANY BURN CENTER AFFILIATED WITH A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF FIFTY CENTS UPON EACH SET OF LICENSE TAGS AND TWO DECALS ISSUED, OR UPON EACH SET OF TWO DECALS ISSUED, FOR PRIVATE CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS AND …