l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2345

Medicaid program; extend repealer on and revise reimbursement for telehealth services for community health centers.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE DISTANT OR HUB SITE PROVIDER SHALL BE REIMBURSED THE APPLICABLE MEDICAID FEE FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED; TO PROVIDE THAT TELEHEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE BILLABLE AT THE SAME FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER RATE USED FOR ALL OTHER MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS TO THOSE CENTERS UNDER THE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THE TYPES OF CARE AND SERVICES COVERED BY MEDICAID; 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

Its course

January 15 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 15 to Feb 2 · stopped18 days

MedicaidJan 15 to Feb 2 · 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.

In the Senate Jan 15 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Medicaid
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published