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2010 Regular Session

House Bill 720

Medicaid; create health care authority to administer and expand program.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES SHALL BE THE RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS OF MISSISSIPPI; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 43-13-106, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID LAW AND PERFORM ANY OTHER DUTIES AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW; TO SPECIFY THE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT; TO DESIGNATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY AND PROVIDE FOR MEETINGS OF THE AUTHORITY; TO ABOLISH THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND TRANSFER THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION TO THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR APPOINTMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUTHORITY; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-113, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED MEDICAID CLAIMS TO BE PAID WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFY HOW CERTAIN PREGNANT WOMEN SHALL HAVE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID DETERMINED; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHOSE FAMILY INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED 200% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL AND WHO HAVE PAID A MONTHLY PREMIUM TO THE MEDICAL CARE FUND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT INPATIENT CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY A LICENSED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY HOSPITAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-125 AND 43-13-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH ANY ENTITY TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS REGARDING IDENTIFICATION AND COLLECTION OF THIRD-PARTY BENEFITS OF MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-103, 43-13-105, 43-13-109, 43-13-111, 43-13-116, 43-13-117.1, 43-13-117.2, 43-13-117.3, 43-13-118, 43-13-119, 43-13-120, 43-13-121, 43-13-122, 43-13-123, 43-13-126, 43-13-127, 43-13-137, 43-13-139, 43-13-143, 43-13-145, 43-13-301, 43-13-303, 43-13-307, 43-13-309, 43-13-311, 43-13-313, 43-13-315, 43-13-317 AND 43-13-507, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

3 co-sponsors

Bryant W. Clark, Walter L. Robinson, Jr., Percy W. Watson

Its course

January 13 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 13 to Feb 2 · stopped20 days

MedicaidJan 13 to Feb 2 · stopped20 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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives