Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2157
Managed care organizations; require certain standards and extend repealer.
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 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM OR COORDINATED CARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO UTILIZE A CLEAR SET OF LEVEL OF CARE GUIDELINES IN THE DETERMINATION OF MEDICAL NECESSITY AND IN ALL UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCESS, CONCURRENT REVIEWS, RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS AND PAYMENTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH WIDELY ACCEPTED PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF CARE; TO REQUIRE ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM OR COORDINATED CARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIVISION TO FOLLOW CERTAIN PRINCIPLES; AND TO EXTEND THE REPEALER ON; 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 8 to February 2, 2021, 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 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days
MedicaidJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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.