---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; house position under DFA, exempt contracts from rules of contract review board."
description: "Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; house position under DFA, exempt contracts from rules of contract review board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2021"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2021 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80be05f-b4e6-403e-b434-41ebc87f6c29"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Bryan.xml"
source_hash: "13125885aba61c87e25fc4e0e6e83dbed9163700e676d9be35e3e469380a005d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2021 (2021) — Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; house position under DFA, exempt contracts from rules of contract review board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2021IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2021_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2021PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2021SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PH To AC
- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e80be05f-b4e6-403e-b434-41ebc87f6c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).