Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
House Bill 645
Medicaid; recipients shall be subject to random drug tests for eligibility to continue receiving benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAID BENEFITS WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO TAKING A DRUG TEST ON A RANDOM BASIS TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A RECIPIENT OF MEDICAID BENEFITS IS GIVEN A DRUG TEST AND HE OR SHE TESTS POSITIVE FOR ANY PROHIBITED DRUG, THE RECIPIENT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 90 DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THAT PERIOD, A PERSON MAY REAPPLY TO RECEIVE MEDICAID BENEFITS, AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AGAIN IF THE PERSON PASSES ANOTHER DRUG TEST; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL PERFORM THE DRUG TESTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT, AND THE COST OF THE DRUG TESTS SHALL BE PAID BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 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.