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SB 3010

Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Albert Butler and 5 co-sponsors

Provides state and special-source funding for UMMC in FY2026, including operating, teaching, scholarships, and designated centers, with policy conditions on use and procurement.

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Bill Summary · SB 3010

Summary — SB 3010: Appropriation; University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)

Status: Died in Conference (final action: 2025-03-29)
Introduced: March 14, 2025 — Fiscal year covered: July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026

Purpose / Intent

Provide state operating and special‑source appropriations and authorizations for the support and maintenance of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) for FY2026, including schools, teaching hospital, service area, scholarship programs, and designated centers. The bill also sets policy conditions for use of funds (billing/reimbursement rules, procurement preferences, and research limits).

Key fiscal provisions (amounts)

  • State General Fund appropriation: $189,224,023.00 (Section 1)
  • Authorized expenditure from patient fees, student fees and other special source funds: $1,724,088,534.00 (Section 2)
  • Education Enhancement Fund allocations (total $7,333,029.00) (Section 8):
    • Education activities/scholarships: $6,888,029
    • Rural Physicians Scholarship Program: $340,000
    • Rural Dentists Scholarship Program: $105,000
  • Health Care Expendable Fund: $2,380,431 (Section 9)
  • UMMC Cancer Institute: $4,750,000 (State General Fund) + $4,250,000 (special source) = $9,000,000 (Section 14)
  • A Comprehensive Tobacco (ACT) Center: $595,000 (Section 15)
  • Rural Dentists scholarships: $420,000 (Section 10)
  • Rural Physicians scholarships: $2,170,000; Psychiatrist scholarship: $35,000 (Section 11)
  • Administration for rural scholarship programs: $280,848 (Section 12)
  • Blair E. Batson Children’s Safe Center (Center of Excellence): $1,349,998 (General Funds) (Section 17)

Other substantive provisions

  • Organizational coverage: Maintain Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Related Professions, Population Health, the Teaching Hospital and Medical Center Service Area (Section 3). UMMC to provide an accounting of expenditures by division at start of the legislative session.
  • Nurse recruitment intent: Legislative intent to enhance recognition/experience factor to address critical nurse shortages (Section 4).
  • Billing/reimbursement for state entities: UMMC may not provide medical services on behalf of state agencies or political subdivisions unless reimbursed; invoices must be paid within 90 days or services may be suspended (Section 5).
  • Procurement preference: When bids are equal, give preference to Mississippi Industries for the Blind; similar preference for non‑competitive purchases (Section 13).
  • Research prohibition: No funds may be used for research that kills or destroys an existing human embryo (Section 16).
  • Administrative safeguards: Compliance with constitutional and statutory deposit rules; agencies may not incur obligations beyond appropriations (Sections 6, 18).
  • Budget reporting: FY2027 UMMC budget request to be submitted to Joint Legislative Budget Committee with detail comparable to FY2026 (Section 7).

Who is affected

  • Primary: University of Mississippi Medical Center (operations, teaching hospitals, specialty centers)
  • Secondary: students and trainees, scholarship recipients (rural physicians/dentists, psychiatrist), patients served by UMMC, state agencies that may contract/purchase services, providers eligible under procurement preference.

Legislative/timeline notes

  • Passed by one chamber and amended; House adopted amendments. Conferees were appointed, but the bill ultimately died in conference on 2025-03-29 and therefore did not become law. Companion bill: HB 4436.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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