HB 1623

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HBCU MATERNAL HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI HBCUS MATERNAL HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND SERVE AS CO-CHAIRS FOR THE PROGRAM; TO CREATE A MATERNAL HEALTH SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT PARTICIPATING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS); TO CREATE THE MATERNAL HEALTH PIPELINE FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND THE PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.