Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1362
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-13-115.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PREGNANT WOMEN SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE FOR AMBULATORY PRENATAL CARE UNDER MEDICAID FOR UP TO 60 DAYS IF A QUALIFIED PROVIDER DETERMINES, ON THE BASIS OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THAT THE TOTAL COUNTABLE NET FAMILY INCOME OF THE WOMAN DOES NOT EXCEED 185% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL; TO REQUIRE PREGNANT WOMEN TO PROVIDE PROOF OF PREGNANCY AND DOCUMENTATION OF MONTHLY FAMILY INCOME WHEN SEEKING A DETERMINATION OF PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY; TO PROVIDE THAT QUALIFIED PROVIDERS ARE THOSE THAT MEET THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED PROVIDER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS), AND OTHER ENTITIES APPROVED AND DESIGNATED BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO CONDUCT PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN; TO REQUIRE PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR MEDICAID BY NOT LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE MONTH DURING WHICH THE DETERMINATION IS MADE; 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 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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.