Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 1458
Medicaid; prohibit manager care organizations from discriminating against physicians willing to meet terms of participation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN ORGANIZATION IN A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM OR COORDINATED CARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A PHYSICIAN WHO IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AREA OF THE PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WHO IS WILLING TO MEET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND FROM PROHIBITING OR LIMITING A QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION IF THE PHYSICIAN IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE OPERATING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SCHEDULE OF FEES, COVERED EXPENSES, UTILIZATION REGULATIONS AND QUALITY STANDARDS OF THE PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION; 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, 2019, 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.