Signed by Governor Tate Reeves

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for specific mental care facilities in Mississippi.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $20 million for the CARES Center (Sec. 1). 

• Requires that per agreement between Canopy Children’s Solutions and the State of Mississippi, the CARES Center must provide the following (Sec. 2):

• A minimum of 33 beds for first preference and priority admission for individuals who meet admission criteria;

• Maintenance for such beds in a condition to satisfy the regulatory standards of the Department of Health by a date to be determined by the Department of Mental Health;

• Execution of a promissory note and a deed of trust between Canopy Children's Solutions and the Department of Mental Health evidencing a security interest in the CARES Center for a sum equal to the amount of state funds expended to construct or renovate the CARES Center; and

• Reimbursement for a sum equal to the amount of state funds expended to construct or renovate the CARES Center to the Department of Mental Health upon the substantial breach of the memorandum of agreement required by this section.

• Specifies that none of the funds appropriated by this act shall be used to pay employee premium payments (Sec. 3).

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