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Senator Wally requests $215,000 nonrecurring to assist McNairy County hospital conversion after tornado damage
Summary
After a tornado in Selmer and McNairy County, Senator Wally asked the committee for a $215,000 nonrecurring grant to McNairy County to support renovation of a county-owned building as part of a collaboration with Magnolia Health to convert it into a hospital.
Senator Wally said the previous night's tornado heavily damaged Selmer and McNairy County and that conversion of a county-owned building to a hospital in partnership with Magnolia Health (a Mississippi-based provider) would have improved local treatment access during the disaster.
Wally asked the subcommittee to include a $215,000 nonrecurring appropriation to the Department of Finance and Administration to grant McNairy County funds to renovate an existing county-owned building to support conversion to a hospital. He said Magnolia Health is investing heavily and that the county had acquired much grant funding but still faced remaining obligations for renovation and infrastructure.
The transcript records this as a presentation; committee members did not take a formal vote in the hearing.
