Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2037
Reimbursement of medical expenses provided to inmates; claims shall be submitted in amount equal to Medicaid reimbursement rate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-901, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT MEDICAL PROVIDERS SHALL SUBMIT CLAIMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO INMATES IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
CorrectionsJan 8 to Jan 2921 days
InsuranceJan 29 to Feb 3 · stopped5 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 Senate Jan 8 – Feb 3
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Insurance
- Jan 29Reported as a committee substitute from CR to IN in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Corrections;InsuranceSenate
- Jan 29DR - TSDPCS: CR To INSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate