Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
House Bill 115
Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICAL HOME CONCEPT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REQUIRED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS SHALL INCLUDE A MEASUREMENT OF THEIR BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE OBESE BASED ON THEIR BMI MEASUREMENT MUST PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PROGRAM DELIVERED VIA THE INTERNET THAT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT AND REDUCE OBESITY; TO SPECIFY THE CONTENTS OF THE ONLINE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT COMPUTERS SHALL BE AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR THE USE OF PERSONS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT THEIR HOMES; TO PENALIZE BENEFICIARIES REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM WHO FAIL TO PARTICIPATE BY INCREASING THEIR COPAYMENTS FOR MEDICAID SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 5 to February 2, 2010, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days
MedicaidJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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.