§ 41-9-301. Short title
Sections 41-9-301 through 41-9-311 shall be known and may be cited as the “Rural Health Availability Act.”
§ 41-9-303. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds and declares the following: In rural areas, access to health care is limited and the quality of health care is adversely affected by inadequate reimbursement and collection rates and difficulty in recruiting and retaining skilled health professionals. There is limited, if any, overlap in the geographic service areas of Mississippi rural hospitals. […]
§ 41-9-305. Definitions
For the purposes of Sections 41-9-301 through 41-9-311, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Act” means the Rural Health Availability Act. “Affected person,” with respect to any application for a certificate of public advantage, means: The applicant(s); Any person residing within the geographic service area of an applicant; Health-care purchasers who reimburse health-care […]
§ 41-9-307. Cooperative agreements; application for certificate of public advantage; issuance of certificate; monitoring; revocation of certificate; termination or withdrawal from agreement; amendment of agreement; regulations
A rural hospital and any corporation, partnership, joint venture or any other entity, all of whose principals are rural hospitals, may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with other such persons in the state, subject to receipt of a certificate of public advantage governing the agreement as provided in this act. Parties to a cooperative […]
§ 41-9-309. Judicial review
Any applicant aggrieved by a decision of the department under this act shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District. In the review, the decision of the department shall be affirmed unless it is arbitrary, capricious, or it is not in compliance with this act.
§ 41-9-311. Certificates of need
Nothing in this act exempts hospitals from compliance with the provisions of Section 41-7-171 et seq. concerning certificates of need.