Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2383
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 THE INCOME LIMITS FOR ELIGIBILITY OF PREGNANT WOMEN; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 12 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days
MedicaidFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 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.