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 159
Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage.
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 FOR AN INCREASED RATE OF MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR HOSPITALS THAT ARE LOCATED IN A COUNTY THAT HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF EIGHT PERCENT OR HIGHER FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE PREVIOUS STATE FISCAL YEAR AND HAS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES; 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
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 4 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 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 days
MedicaidJan 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 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 House of Representatives Jan 4 – Jan 31
- Jan 4Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 4Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives