Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 256
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
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.
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 7 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 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days
MedicaidJan 7 to Feb 3 · 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 7 – Feb 3
- Jan 7Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations A
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 7Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives