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 897
Medicaid; person receiving home- and community-based services may continue receiving while on hospice.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON IS RECEIVING HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AUTHORIZED UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND LATER BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR AND RECEIVES HOSPICE SERVICES, THE PERSON MAY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WHILE RECEIVING THE HOSPICE SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 19 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.
In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives