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 2159
Mississippi Medicaid program; authorize extended postpartum care for recipients and require standardized credentialing process.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PROVIDE UP TO 12 MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS COVERAGE POSTPARTUM FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES FOR MEDICAID AS A PREGNANT WOMAN TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A UNIFORM CREDENTIALING OR SCREENING PROCESS FOR ALL MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON THE STATUTE AUTHORIZING THE DIVISION TO REIMBURSE PROVIDERS FOR CARE AND SERVICES; 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.