SB 2750 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess community mental health centers.

SB 2750 is a proposed bill requiring Mississippi's Department of Mental Health (DMH) to create performance standards for community mental health centers by June 2026. It mandates DMH to conduct audits of all centers at least once every two years starting in fiscal year 2027, placing centers that fail an audit on six-month probation. If a center fails after probation, DMH would replace its leadership with contractors until standards are met. The bill died in committee on March 4, 2025, and remains a proposed measure, not law.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Mental Health

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Current version · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill title and status were updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the Senate', indicating the bill has advanced in the legislative process. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content, scope, or requirements in this version.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill header and status designation to reflect Senate passage rather than committee substitution.

As Introduced → Committee Substitute · 9 edits

MAJOR

This bill updates Mississippi's mental health department oversight and procurement rules. It adds performance audits for community mental health centers with consequences for non-compliance, modifies executive director qualifications, and expands procurement exemptions for the Department of Mental Health. The changes aim to improve accountability, ensure quality services, and streamline contracting processes.

Scope change

The bill expands the Department of Mental Health's authority to conduct performance audits and replace non-compliant center leadership with contractors. It also broadens procurement exemptions for mental health-related services.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement for the Department of Mental Health to develop performance standards and conduct audits of community mental health centers, with replacement of leadership if standards aren't met after probation.

Added exemption from Public Procurement Review Board approval for personal or professional services contracts entered into by the Department of Mental Health under Section 41-4-7(mm).

Added new requirements for criminal background checks on all employees and volunteers of the Department of Mental Health.

Modified Public Procurement Review Board composition and term lengths, with staggered terms ending in 2019-2020 and subsequent four-year terms.

Added requirements for minority business set-asides in procurement, reserving at least 5% of anticipated annual expenditures for minority-owned businesses.

Added new provisions for sole source contract approval processes with public notice requirements and appeal mechanisms.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed executive director appointment requirements from a licensed physician to either a physician with psychiatry experience or someone with a master's degree and 10 years of administrative experience in mental health.

ENFORCEMENT

Added authority to place non-compliant centers on six-month probation and replace executive directors with contractors if they fail to meet performance standards.

TIMELINE

Set deadline of June 30, 2026 for developing performance standards and beginning audits during fiscal year 2027.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

30–18

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 49

Feb 10, 2025

D Democratic15

15 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican34

30 Yea 3 Nay 1

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To House

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

upper

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

upper

0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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