Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 227
Health screening; require annually for Medicaid, CHIP and State Health Plan recipients and participants.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL PERSONS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, AND THE STATE AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN TO BE TESTED OR SCREENED ANNUALLY FOR THE USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, ABUSE OF ALCOHOL, HEPATITIS B AND C, TUBERCULOSIS AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COST OF THAT TESTING OR SCREENING SHALL BE COVERED AS A BENEFIT UNDER EACH RESPECTIVE PROGRAM OR PLAN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-15-9, 41-86-17 AND 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALERS ON THIS SECTION AND ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; 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
February 10 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 6 · stopped25 days
MedicaidFeb 10 to Mar 6 · stopped25 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 Feb 10 – Mar 6
- Feb 10Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 10Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives