Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 584
Medicaid; prohibit the making of false claims for payments as well as for benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE MAKING OF FALSE CLAIMS FOR MEDICAID PAYMENTS AS WELL AS FOR MEDICAID BENEFITS; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO INITIALLY DETERMINE IF A CREDIBLE ALLEGATION OF FRAUD OR ABUSE EXISTS; TO PROVIDE THAT ALLEGATIONS OF WASTE DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF AN ALLEGATION OF FRAUD OR ABUSE; TO PROVIDE THAT CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT, AND ALLEGATIONS OF WASTE SHALL BE INVESTIGATED BY THE DIVISION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIVISION SHALL DETERMINE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ADDRESS ALLEGATIONS OF WASTE; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 13 to February 1, 2022, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days
MedicaidJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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.