Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2569
Augmentative and alternative communication devices for children; require Medicaid and private insurance coverage.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MEDICAID AND PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES REGULATED BY THE STATE TO COVER AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH NONSPEAKING OR LIMITED VERBAL COMMUNICATION REGARDLESS OF COMPLEX MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; 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 19 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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.