l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 256

Medicaid; require participation in a medical home and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES TO PARTICIPATE IN A PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REQUIRED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS SHALL INCLUDE A MEASUREMENT OF THEIR BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE OBESE BASED ON THEIR BMI MEASUREMENT MUST PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PROGRAM DELIVERED VIA THE INTERNET THAT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT AND REDUCE OBESITY; TO SPECIFY THE CONTENTS OF THE ONLINE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT COMPUTERS SHALL BE AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR THE USE OF PERSONS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT THEIR HOMES; TO PENALIZE BENEFICIARIES REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM WHO FAIL TO PARTICIPATE BY INCREASING THEIR CO-PAYMENTS FOR MEDICAID SERVICES; 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

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

MedicaidFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Medicaid;Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives