CON; Health Department shall issue for additional beds in a community living program for developmentally disabled adults in Madison County.

HB 42 would have required Mississippi's State Department of Health to issue a certificate of need (special approval) for a specific nonprofit in Madison County to add beds to a community living program for developmentally disabled adults at an ICF-IID facility. This bill amended existing law to exempt this single nonprofit from standard certificate of need requirements for expanding beds in such a facility. The bill died in committee on February 3, 2026, so it did not become law. It directly affected only this Madison County nonprofit and its planned expansion of services for developmentally disabled adults.