Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 623
Medicaid; revise certain provisions regarding managed care providers and payments during appeals.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECT ON-SITE SUPERVISOR OF A PROVIDER IN A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION UNDER ANY MANAGED CARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID WHO HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS FOR CREDENTIALING AND PREVIOUSLY HAS NOT BEEN DENIED CREDENTIALING TO SIGN OFF ON THE WORK OF THE PROVIDER DURING THE TIME THAT THE PROVIDER IS AWAITING A DECISION ON HIS OR HER CREDENTIALING, AND TO ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF ON BY THE SUPERVISOR; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHENEVER THE DIVISION DETERMINES AFTER A HEARING THAT A PROVIDER HAS VIOLATED ANY PROVISION OF THE MEDICAID LAW, THE DIVISION MAY NOT SUSPEND REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENTS TO THE PROVIDER DURING THE TIME THAT THE DECISION OF THE DIVISION IS ON APPEAL BY THE PROVIDER, UNLESS THE PROVIDER PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEDICAID PROGRAM; 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 13 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 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days
MedicaidJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 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.