Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2681
Medicaid; seek federal waiver to provide for presumptive eligibility for children who need mental health or substance use services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 43-13-115.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN A WAIVER OF APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAID LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE MEDICAID BENEFITS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES DURING A PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THAT DURING THE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD, THE MEDICAID BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD, QUALIFIED ENTITIES, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND A REQUIREMENT TO APPLY FOR MEDICAID BENEFITS; 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.
In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Medicaid and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Medicaid;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate