AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-144-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO ALLOW STUDENTS FROM ALL AREAS OF THE STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-144-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD A PHYSICIAN APPOINTED BY THE MISSISSIPPI PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION AS A MEMBER OF THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-144-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDING CERTAIN STATISTICS; TO INCLUDE THE MISSISSIPPI PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONS FROM WHICH THE COMMISSION SHALL SEEK INPUT REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-144-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE CHILD PSYCHIATRY STUDENTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP RESIDENCY PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-144-13 AND 37-144-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONFORMING REVISIONS THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 37-146-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL DENTISTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO ALLOW STUDENTS FROM ALL AREAS OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE DR. G. NORRIS HOWELL RURAL DENTISTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-146-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL DENTISTS SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION TO PRODUCE ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDING VARIOUS STATISTICS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-146-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE CERTAIN TECHNICAL REVISIONS THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 37-144-1, 37-144-3, 37-144-5, 37-144-7, 37-144-9, 37-144-11, 37-144-13, 37-144-15, 37-144-17, 37-144-19, 37-144-21, 37-146-1, 37-146-3, 37-146-5, 37-146-7, 37-146-9, 37-146-11, 37-146-13, 37-146-17, 37-146-19, 37-146-21
Committee Substitute: 37-144-1, 37-144-5, 37-144-7, 37-144-11, 37-144-13, 37-144-17, 37-146-1, 37-146-5, 37-146-7, 37-146-11, 37-146-13, 37-146-17
As Passed by the Senate: 37-144-1, 37-144-5, 37-144-11, 37-144-13, 37-144-17, 37-146-1, 37-146-5, 37-146-7, 37-146-11, 37-146-13, 37-146-17, 37-144-3
Approved by the Governor: 37-144-1, 37-144-5, 37-144-7, 37-144-13, 37-144-17, 37-146-1, 37-146-5, 37-146-11, 37-144-3