2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers.
41-3-6 - State Board of Health to review existing legislation pertaining to public health and to submit new legislation [Repealed effective June 30, 2010].

§ 41-3-6. State Board of Health to review existing legislation pertaining to public health and to submit new legislation [Repealed effective June 30, 2010].
 

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to review the statutes of the State of Mississippi affecting public health and submit at least thirty (30) days prior to each regular session of the Legislature any proposed legislation as may be necessary to enhance the effective and efficient delivery of public health services and to bring existing statutes into compliance with modern technology and terminology. The board shall formulate a plan for consolidating and reorganizing existing state agencies having responsibilities in the field of public health to eliminate any needless duplication in services which may be found to exist. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the State Board of Health shall cooperate with and may utilize the services, facilities and personnel of any department or agency of the state, any private citizen task force and the committees on public health of both houses of the Legislature. The State Board of Health is authorized to apply for and expend funds made available to it by grant from any source in order to perform its responsibilities under this section. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1980, ch. 465, § 4; reenacted without change, 1982, ch. 494, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 568, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws,  1994, ch. 462, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 363, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 420, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 6, eff from and after June 30, 2007.