2025 Regular Session

House Bill 546

Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE GOVERNOR AND THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN A WAIVER OF APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAID LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO CREATE A PLAN TO ALLOW THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE IN MISSISSIPPI; TO SPECIFY THE PROVISIONS THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE DIVISION SHALL SEEK TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE WAIVER PLAN; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A WAIVER IS OBTAINED TO ALLOW THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE, THE DIVISION SHALL AMEND THE STATE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE PROVISIONS AUTHORIZED IN THE WAIVER AND SHALL BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN AUTHORIZED BY THE WAIVER; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 10 to February 4, 2025, 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 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

MedicaidJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 10 – Feb 4

Jan 10Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations A
Feb 4Died in committee in the House

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 10Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives