l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 737

Medicaid; division shall allow provider to repay incorrect payments made to provider under an installment repayment plan.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID HAS INCORRECTLY MADE PAYMENTS TO A MEDICAID PROVIDER THAT ARE NOT AS A RESULT OF FRAUD OR ABUSE BY THE PROVIDER AND THE PROVIDER IS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY REPAY ALL OF THE INCORRECT PAYMENTS, OR IF IMMEDIATE REPAYMENT OF THE INCORRECT PAYMENTS WOULD CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ON THE PROVIDER, THE DIVISION SHALL ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO REPAY THE INCORRECT PAYMENTS UNDER AN INSTALLMENT REPAYMENT PLAN, WITH FULL REPAYMENT BEING REQUIRED NOT MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE DIVISION OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION; 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

1 co-sponsor

Omeria Scott

Its course

January 16 to March 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 419 days

MedicaidJan 16 to Jan 215 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 19 to Mar 3 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 4

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 16 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Medicaid
  2. Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 19Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Medicaid
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To MedicaidHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 21Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 19Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;MedicaidSenate
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate