§ 41-99-3. Establishment of Qualified Health Center Grant Program; purpose; administration by Department of Health
The Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program is established, under the direction and administration of the State Department of Health, for the purpose of making service grants to Mississippi qualified health centers for their use in providing care to uninsured or medically indigent patients in Mississippi. The Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program shall be […]
§ 41-99-5. Requirements for participation in program; restrictions on use of grants; advisory council
Any Mississippi qualified health center desiring to participate in the program shall make application for a grant to the department in a form satisfactory to the department. The department shall receive grant proposals from Mississippi qualified health centers. All proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of grant procedures, criteria and standards developed […]
§ 41-99-7. Creation of fund for disbursements of grants
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program Fund, from which grants and expenditures authorized in connection with the program shall be disbursed. All monies received by legislative appropriation to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be deposited into the […]
§ 41-101-1. Creation; acceptance and expenditure of grants and donations; powers, functions, and duties; composition; meetings; compensation; report and plan for implementation of services and programs; inter-departmental cooperation
There is created the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management, hereinafter referred to as the “council,” within the State Department of Health to be in existence for the period from July 1, 2001, until July 1, 2006, or until the council is established as a nonprofit corporation, whichever is the earlier date. The council […]
§ 41-90-7. Appointment of advisory committee
The State Health Officer shall appoint an advisory committee of at least nine (9) members that may include physician(s), audiologist(s), educator(s), parent(s) and others as appropriate. The committee shall provide advice to the State Interagency Coordinating Council established under Section 41-87-7, and the State Department of Health on issues regarding this chapter and its provisions. […]
§ 41-90-9. Fiscal support for Department of Health
The Legislature, knowing that hearing is essential to appropriate language development which is, in turn, directly related to communication skills and the ultimate ability of a child to attain his or her best level of education, and finding limited resources available in the state and few providers qualified to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic […]
§ 41-91-1. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Cancer Registry Act.
§ 41-91-3. Definitions
The following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “Board” means the State Board of Health. “Department” means the State Department of Health.
§ 41-91-5. Department to establish and maintain central cancer registry; central data bank; use of data
The department may establish and maintain a central cancer registry for the state. The cancer registry shall be a central data bank of accurate, precise and current information that medical authorities agree serves as an invaluable tool in the early recognition, prevention, cure and control of cancer. Registry data can be used to plan and […]
§ 41-91-7. Board to adopt rules and regulations; powers of board
The board may adopt rules and regulations that the board considers necessary to implement this chapter. The board in its rules and regulations shall specify the types of information to be provided to cancer registry and the persons and entities who are required to provide such information to the cancer registry. The department may: Execute […]