Mississippi legislation · 2025 Extraordinary Session
Mississippi SB2016: Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Status: Signed into law, May 30, 2025
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
What the bill says
An act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the department of mental health for fiscal year 2026.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.................. ............................................... $ 257,779,194.00. SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.................................. $ 464,922,752.00. SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, Twenty Million Nine Hundred Fifty-one Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-six Dollars ($20,951,886.00) shall *SS15/A370* S. B. No. 2016 ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 251E/SS15/A370 PAGE 1 (cs\ki) be derived from the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 43-13-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health. The funds provided for in this section shall be allocated …
Sponsors
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Polk, John A. (R, 44)
- Turner-Ford, Angela (D)
- Barnett, Shane (R, 86)
- Keith Jackson (D, 45)
- Seymour, Joseph M. (R, 47)
Latest actions
- : Enrolled Bill Signed
- : Returned For Enrolling
- : Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- : Motion to Reconsider Entered
- : Referred To Appropriations A
- : Transmitted To House
- : Immediate Release
- : Passed
- : Title Suff Do Pass
- : Referred To Appropriations
Votes
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 37 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 92 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB2016?
- SB2016 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Extraordinary Session): Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
- What does SB2016 do?
- In its own words: An act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the department of mental health for fiscal year 2026.
- What is the status of SB2016?
- Signed into law as of May 30, 2025. Latest action: Enrolled Bill Signed (May 30, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2016?
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2016?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/history/SB/SB2016.xml
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