MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Appropriations A By: Representatives Read, Hale House Bill 1127 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE AGENCIES THAT ADMINISTER GRANT FUNDS UNDER PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDS TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENSED, THE AMOUNTS REMAINING TO BE EXPENDED AND/OR REMAINING TO BE REQUESTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY EACH SUBGRANTEE; TO REQUIRE EACH OF THE AGENCIES TO NOTIFY ALL SUBGRANTEES OF THIS REPORTING REQUIREMENT, IN A FORM PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND TO PROVIDE A SECOND NOTICE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2025; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT THE COMBINED REPORTING OF ALL FUNDS TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMEN, AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE; TO REQUIRE EACH AGENCY TO WHICH FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED OR REAPPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND OR THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY LOST REVENUE FUND IN ANY FISCAL YEAR TO REPORT THE AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED BY NOVEMBER 1, 2025; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS REPORT SHALL BE FILED BY DECEMBER 1, 2025, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE; TO AMEND SECTION 4, CHAPTER 509, LAWS OF 2024, TO REQUIRE THE STATE TREASURER TO TRANSFER CERTAIN AVAILABLE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO THE ARPA-MDOT MAINTENANCE PROJECT FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT IF CERTAIN PROGRAMS HAVE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND A SUBGRANTEE HAS NOT PROVIDED TWO CONSECUTIVE REPORTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS AUTHORIZED TO TRANSFER AVAILABLE FUNDS TO THE ARPA-MDOT MAINTENANCE PROJECT FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) Each of the agencies that administer grant funds under the programs listed in subsection (2) of this section shall report to the Department of Finance and Administration by October 1, 2025, the amount of funds that have been expensed, the amounts remaining to be expended and/or the amounts remaining to be requested for reimbursement by each subgrantee. Each of the agencies shall notify all the subgrantees of this reporting requirement, in a form provided by the Department of Finance and Administration, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act and shall provide a second notice on September 1, 2025. On November 3, 2025, the Department of Finance and Administration shall submit the combined reporting of all funds to the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, House and Senate Appropriations Chairmen, and the Legislative Budget Office. (2) The programs to which the reporting requirements of subsection (1) of this section apply are: (a) The Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program established under Section 37-106-64; (b) The Accelerate Mississippi Workforce Development Program established under Section 37-153-57; (c) The Mississippi Health Sciences Training Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-153-59; (d) The Accelerate Mississippi Nursing/Allied Health Grant Program, established under Section 37-153-205; (e) The Accelerate Mississippi Physician Residency and Fellowship Start-Up Grant Program established under Section 37-153-207; (f) The Mississippi Allied Health College and Career Navigator Grant Program established under Section 37-153-209; (g) The Independent Schools Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-185-21; (h) The Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-185-31; (i) The ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 41-3-16.1; (j) The Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program Section established under 41-9-371; (k) The COVID-19 Mississippi Local Provider Innovation Grant Program established under Section 41-139-1; (l) The COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program established under Section 41-14-31; (m) The Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 49-2-131; (n) The programs to support tourism activities, destination marketing organizations, nonprofit museums and the Mississippi Main Street Association established under Sections 57-123-1 through 57-123-11 and Sections 57-123-51 through 57-123-55; and (o) The ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund established under Section 65-1-141.3. SECTION 2. Each agency to which funds were appropriated or reappropriated by the Legislature from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund or the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund in any fiscal year shall report the amount and source of those funds that have not been expended by November 1, 2025. This report shall be filed by December 1, 2025, with the Department of Finance and Administration, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, and the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House shall distribute the report to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the Senate and House Appropriations Chairs. SECTION 3. Section 4 of Chapter 509, Laws of 2024, is amended as follows: Section 4. (1) The Legislature, based upon current United States Treasury guidance, has determined that all Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026. (2) (a) In order to meet the obligation deadline set forth by the United States Treasury, the State Fiscal Officer shall determine the amount of Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds appropriated to various agencies that will not be obligated as of October 1, 2024. (b) In making the determination required by this section, the State Fiscal Officer shall use the guidance released by the United States Treasury to determine if the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds are not obligated. (3) If at any time during the period from passage of this act to October 1, 2024, a state agency determines that Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds will not be obligated by October 1, 2024, the state agency shall notify the State Fiscal Officer. (4) If at any time the State Fiscal Officer determines that funds will be unobligated as of October 1, 2024, under subsection (2) or (3) of this section, the State Treasurer, in coordination with the State Fiscal Officer, shall transfer these funds to the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Fund No. 682111300) by no later than October 5, 2024. The State Fiscal Officer may retain an amount not to exceed the lesser of the estimated cost of ARPA administration or Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to be utilized for administrative and reporting costs. No later than October 6, 2024, the State Treasurer, in conjunction with the State Fiscal Officer, shall transfer the funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund. (5) If at any time the State Fiscal Officer determines that funds are available after October 5, 2024, the State Fiscal Officer, in conjunction with the State Treasurer, shall transfer the available funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund. (6) If the programs listed in Section 1(2) of this act have a reporting requirement and a subgrantee has not provided two (2) consecutive reports to the appropriate agency under Section 1 of this act, the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer available funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Appropriations A
By: Representatives Read, Hale
# House Bill 1127
## (As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE AGENCIES THAT ADMINISTER GRANT FUNDS UNDER PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDS TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENSED, THE AMOUNTS REMAINING TO BE EXPENDED AND/OR REMAINING TO BE REQUESTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY EACH SUBGRANTEE; TO REQUIRE EACH OF THE AGENCIES TO NOTIFY ALL SUBGRANTEES OF THIS REPORTING REQUIREMENT, IN A FORM PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND TO PROVIDE A SECOND NOTICE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2025; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT THE COMBINED REPORTING OF ALL FUNDS TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMEN, AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE; TO REQUIRE EACH AGENCY TO WHICH FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED OR REAPPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND OR THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY LOST REVENUE FUND IN ANY FISCAL YEAR TO REPORT THE AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED BY NOVEMBER 1, 2025; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS REPORT SHALL BE FILED BY DECEMBER 1, 2025, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE; TO AMEND SECTION 4, CHAPTER 509, LAWS OF 2024, TO REQUIRE THE STATE TREASURER TO TRANSFER CERTAIN AVAILABLE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO THE ARPA-MDOT MAINTENANCE PROJECT FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT IF CERTAIN PROGRAMS HAVE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND A SUBGRANTEE HAS NOT PROVIDED TWO CONSECUTIVE REPORTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS AUTHORIZED TO TRANSFER AVAILABLE FUNDS TO THE ARPA-MDOT MAINTENANCE PROJECT FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) Each of the agencies that administer grant funds under the programs listed in subsection (2) of this section shall report to the Department of Finance and Administration by October 1, 2025, the amount of funds that have been expensed, the amounts remaining to be expended and/or the amounts remaining to be requested for reimbursement by each subgrantee. Each of the agencies shall notify all the subgrantees of this reporting requirement, in a form provided by the Department of Finance and Administration, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act and shall provide a second notice on September 1, 2025. On November 3, 2025, the Department of Finance and Administration shall submit the combined reporting of all funds to the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, House and Senate Appropriations Chairmen, and the Legislative Budget Office.
(2) The programs to which the reporting requirements of subsection (1) of this section apply are:
(a) The Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program established under Section 37-106-64;
(b) The Accelerate Mississippi Workforce Development Program established under Section 37-153-57;
(c) The Mississippi Health Sciences Training Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-153-59;
(d) The Accelerate Mississippi Nursing/Allied Health Grant Program, established under Section 37-153-205;
(e) The Accelerate Mississippi Physician Residency and Fellowship Start-Up Grant Program established under Section 37-153-207;
(f) The Mississippi Allied Health College and Career Navigator Grant Program established under Section 37-153-209;
(g) The Independent Schools Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-185-21;
(h) The Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 37-185-31;
(i) The ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 41-3-16.1;
(j) The Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program Section established under 41-9-371;
(k) The COVID-19 Mississippi Local Provider Innovation Grant Program established under Section 41-139-1;
(l) The COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program established under Section 41-14-31;
(m) The Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program established under Section 49-2-131;
(n) The programs to support tourism activities, destination marketing organizations, nonprofit museums and the Mississippi Main Street Association established under Sections 57-123-1 through 57-123-11 and Sections 57-123-51 through 57-123-55; and
(o) The ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund established under Section 65-1-141.3.
SECTION 2. Each agency to which funds were appropriated or reappropriated by the Legislature from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund or the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund in any fiscal year shall report the amount and source of those funds that have not been expended by November 1, 2025. This report shall be filed by December 1, 2025, with the Department of Finance and Administration, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, and the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House shall distribute the report to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the Senate and House Appropriations Chairs.
SECTION 3. Section 4 of Chapter 509, Laws of 2024, is amended as follows:
Section 4. (1) The Legislature, based upon current United States Treasury guidance, has determined that all Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.
(2) (a) In order to meet the obligation deadline set forth by the United States Treasury, the State Fiscal Officer shall determine the amount of Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds appropriated to various agencies that will not be obligated as of October 1, 2024.
(b) In making the determination required by this section, the State Fiscal Officer shall use the guidance released by the United States Treasury to determine if the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds are not obligated.
(3) If at any time during the period from passage of this act to October 1, 2024, a state agency determines that Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds will not be obligated by October 1, 2024, the state agency shall notify the State Fiscal Officer.
(4) If at any time the State Fiscal Officer determines that funds will be unobligated as of October 1, 2024, under subsection (2) or (3) of this section, the State Treasurer, in coordination with the State Fiscal Officer, shall transfer these funds to the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Fund No. 682111300) by no later than October 5, 2024. The State Fiscal Officer may retain an amount not to exceed the lesser of the estimated cost of ARPA administration or Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to be utilized for administrative and reporting costs. No later than October 6, 2024, the State Treasurer, in conjunction with the State Fiscal Officer, shall transfer the funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund.
(5) If at any time the State Fiscal Officer determines that funds are available after October 5, 2024, the State Fiscal Officer, in conjunction with the State Treasurer, shall transfer the available funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund.
(6) If the programs listed in Section 1(2) of this act have a reporting requirement and a subgrantee has not provided two (2) consecutive reports to the appropriate agency under Section 1 of this act, the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer available funds to the ARPA-MDOT Maintenance Project Fund.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.