Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2487
Medicaid Access and Opportunity Act of 2020; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MEDICAID ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2020"; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-13-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PRESENT A FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR AND USE OF A BLOCK GRANT TO FINANCE THE MEDICAID PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ASSIGN INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING FOOD ASSISTANCE TO AN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-33-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN THE STATE TO SEEK A WAIVER FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT AN EMPLOYABILITY PLAN WHICH WILL REQUIRE RECIPIENTS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO ENGAGE IN PAID WORK; TO AMEND SECTION 43-33-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN THE STATE TO GIVE THE HIGHEST PREFERENCE TO FAMILIES WHERE ALL ABLE-BODIED ADULTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD ARE EMPLOYED; TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT A FAMILY MAY RECEIVE TANF BENEFITS; 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
February 14 to March 3, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
MedicaidFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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.