Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2226
Hospital emergency room wait times; provide Medicaid MHAP payment penalty.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY HOSPITAL THAT ADVERTISES EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A REDUCTION OF MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM (MHAP) PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 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 SenateJan 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 days
MedicaidJan 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 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 Senate Jan 15 – Feb 5
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate