Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1562
Medicaid; direct division to apply for waiver to provide for coverage of consumer-directed personal care services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR AN ELDERLY OR DISABLED WITH CONSUMER DIRECTION WAIVER TO ALLOW THE DIVISION TO PROVIDE FOR COVERAGE OF CONSUMER-DIRECTED PERSONAL CARE SERVICES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES; TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES AND THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY AS A CONSUMER-DIRECTED EMPLOYEE; TO PROVIDE THAT CONSUMER-DIRECTED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING TIMESHEETS AND OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION; TO REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING CONSUMER-DIRECTED PERSONAL CARE SERVICES MUST RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM A CONSUMER-DIRECTED SERVICES FACILITATOR, WHO WILL ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL OR HIS OR HER FAMILY/CAREGIVER AS THEY BECOME EMPLOYERS FOR CONSUMER-DIRECTED SERVICES; TO SPECIFY THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICES FACILITATOR AND REQUIRE THE SERVICES FACILITATOR TO MAKE A HOME VISIT TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT BEFORE THE START OF CARE FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING SERVICES; TO REQUIRE THE SERVICES FACILITATOR TO MAKE SUPERVISORY VISITS AS OFTEN AS NEEDED TO ENSURE BOTH QUALITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SERVICES; 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 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.