SB 3010 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.

SB 3010 allocates $1.91 billion in state and special funds for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) during fiscal year 2026, directly affecting UMMC's operations and services. It specifies $189 million from the State General Fund and $1.72 billion from patient/student fees and other special sources to cover expenses, including maintaining its schools of medicine, nursing, and dentistry. The bill mandates that funds support specific programs like the Rural Physicians Scholarship ($2.17 million), Cancer Institute ($4.75 million), Children's Safe Center ($1.35 million), and a Comprehensive Tobacco Center ($595,000), while prohibiting use for embryo-destructive research. UMMC must report expenditures to the Legislature and ensure payments from state agencies for services are received within 90 days.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Mar 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 10 edits
MAJOR
The bill was amended after passing the Senate to add several new funding allocations and modify existing sections. Key changes include adding a new section for the Cancer Institute ($4.75M from General Fund, $4.25M from special funds), a Tobacco Center ($595K), a Children's Safe Center ($1.35M), the MIND Center ($3M), and a CHDP Fellowship Program ($1.2M). The bill also added a new section prohibiting funds from being used for research that destroys human embryos and restructured several scholarship funding sections with updated amounts and administrative allocations.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include funding for additional programs and centers beyond the original University of Mississippi Medical Center operations, including the Cancer Institute, Children's Safe Center, MIND Center, and Tobacco Center.
FISCAL

Added Section 14 allocating $4.75M from General Fund and $4.25M from special source funds for the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute.

Added Section 15 allocating $595,000 for a Comprehensive Tobacco (ACT) Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Added Section 17 allocating $1,349,998 from General Funds to the Center of Excellence at Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children for care of abused and neglected children and facility improvements.

Added Section 19 allocating $3,000,000 to the MIND Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Added Section 21 allocating $1,200,000 for the Child Health and Developmental Promotion (CHDP) Fellowship Program.

Modified Section 11 to include funding for a Psychiatrist Scholarship ($35,000) within the Rural Physicians Scholarship Program allocation.

Modified Section 12 to allocate $280,848 for administration of both Rural Physicians and Rural Dentists Scholarship Programs.

Added Section 22 reappropriating $2,053,082 from Capital Expense Fund for the Asylum Hill Project.

Added Section 23 reappropriating $82,566 from Capital Expense Fund for the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council.

REQUIREMENT

Added Section 16 prohibiting use of appropriated funds for research that kills or destroys an existing human embryo.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican35
33 Yea 2
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed As Amended
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Appropriations C;Appropriations A
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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