Mississippi House Bill 585

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide A Three-year Pilot Program For For The Licensure And Regulation Of Adult Residential Treatment Facilities And Adult Supportive Residential Facilities By The State Department Of Mental Health; To Direct The State Board Of Mental Health To Adopt Rules Providing For Facility Requirements And Minimum Programmatic, Staffing And Operational Requirements Of Services Offered At The Facilities; To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person, Partnership, Association, Corporation Or Other Entity To Own Or Operate An Adult Mental Health Facility Without Having Applied For And Obtained A License From The Department; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Mental Health Services Provided By Adult Residential Treatment Facilities And Adult Supportive Residential Facilities Shall Be Covered Under The Medicaid Program; To Prescribe The Initial Fee Schedules For The Four Levels Of Care Provided In Those Facilities; To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Apply For A Federal Waiver As Necessary To Allow For The Implementation Of The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Mental health facilities; provide for licensure of certain, and provide for Medicaid coverage for services provided by the facilities.

Rep. Sam Creekmore [R]

Rep. Kevin Felsher [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2025-01-15	House	Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	13	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0585.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0585IN.htm