Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2198
SNAP and Medicaid benefits; confirm status as eligible alien under federal law to be eligible for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-12-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR A NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) OR FOR MEDICAID UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL MEETS THE DEFINITION OF AN ELIGIBLE ALIEN UNDER 7 USC § 2015(F) OR 42 USC § 1396B(V), AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A QUALIFIED ALIEN UNDER 8 USC § 1641(B); TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DEPARTMENT) AND THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID (DIVISION) TO VERIFY CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE ALIEN STATUS DURING ENROLLMENT AND ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVISION TO SUBMIT TO APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY HOUSEHOLD MEMBER DETERMINED TO BE AN UNLAWFULLY PRESENT ALIEN; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVISION TO SUBMIT INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY HOUSEHOLD MEMBER FOR WHOM THEY ARE UNABLE TO VERIFY ELIGIBLE ALIEN STATUS; TO SET FORTH INCOME AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN SNAP; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION TO ADHERE TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY PERIOD FOR VERIFICATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE ALIEN STATUS FOR MEDICAID AND TO REQUIRE A FIELD FOR CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE ALIEN STATUS ON ALL PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY APPLICATIONS; TO DIRECT THE DIVISION TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS THAT ACCEPT MEDICAID TO INCLUDE A PROVISION ON ADMISSION OR REGISTRATION FORMS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A PATIENT'S CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIVISION SHALL REQUIRE SUCH HOSPITALS TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS BASED ON CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FROM HOSPITALS THAT ACCEPT MEDICAID FOR THE PRIOR YEAR BASED ON CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS; 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 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 SenateJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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.
In the Senate Jan 13 – Feb 3
- Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate