---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Community Hospital Pilot Program; establish."
description: "Small Community Hospital Pilot Program; establish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1622 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ac1cb50-7d66-4605-8969-37090ab40927"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "1a23a44ada4caf9624e0bdf1aaff5664722bfbcd45170bf032fe6b5c34640c35"
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 HB 1622 (2026) — Small Community Hospital Pilot Program; establish.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1622IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1622_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1622.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1622PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1622_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1622CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1622SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services;State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: PH To SA
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: SA To PH
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Creekmore IV, Felsher)
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+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/6ac1cb50-7d66-4605-8969-37090ab40927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).