l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 211

Health screening; require annually for Medicaid, CHIP and State Health Plan recipients and participants.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

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 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

Its course

January 14 to February 5, 2013, 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 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days

MedicaidJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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 14 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives