Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2131
Inmate health care costs; paid under Medicaid program and limit charges by health care providers to the Medicaid rate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE COSTS OF STATE AND LOCAL INMATES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ANY PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND ANY LOCAL OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY SHALL ONLY BE LIABLE TO PAY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES RENDERED TO INMATES AT THE LESSER OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNT BILLED OR THE MEDICAID RATE IF THE INMATE HAS NO INSURANCE; TO PROHIBIT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FROM RELEASING A PERSON FROM CUSTODY TO AVOID THE COST OF NECESSARY MEDICAL TREATMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-115 AND 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR INMATE MEDICAL SERVICES, TO DEFINE SUCH SERVICES TO BE REIMBURSED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF SERVICES WHICH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION (FFP), TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO CONTRACT WITH A MANAGED CARE ENTITY TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO INMATE MEDICAL SERVICES AND BILLING FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-1-57, 47-5-179 AND 47-5-901, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 17 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days
CorrectionsJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 19
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Corrections;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate