Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 352
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 AND 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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 12 to February 3, 2015, 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 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days
MedicaidJan 12 to Feb 3 · 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 12 – Feb 3
- Jan 12Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives