Mississippi HB889: Mississippi Indigent Care Support Fund; create and authorize additional distinctive license tag fee to be deposited into.

What the bill says

An act to create the "mississippi indigent burn care support fund" as a special fund in the state treasury; to provide that monies in the special fund may be appropriated to the mississippi department of health for the purpose of carrying out certain responsibilities established in section 41-59-5 and for reimbursement of uncompensated care to mississippians administered by out-of-state burn centers that are affiliated with level i trauma centers in the mississippi trauma care system…

From the introduced text:

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI INDIGENT BURN CARE SUPPORT FUND" AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE SPECIAL FUND MAY BE APPROPRIATED TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 41-59-5 AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE TO MISSISSIPPIANS ADMINISTERED BY OUT-OF-STATE BURN CENTERS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-44.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF TWO DOLLARS FOR DISTINCTIVE OR SPECIAL LICENSE TAGS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE ADDITIONAL FEE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI INDIGENT BURN CARE SUPPORT FUND CREATED IN THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Mississippi Indigent Burn Care Support Fund ". The fund shall consist of monies deposited therein under Section 27-19-44.4(3) and any other monies designated for deposit into the fund. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal …