Mississippi Senate Bill 2159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Provide Up To 12 Months Of Continuous Coverage Postpartum For Any Individual Who Qualifies For Medicaid As A Pregnant Woman To The Extent Allowable Under Federal Law; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Establish And Implement A Uniform Credentialing Or Screening Process For All Medicaid Managed Care Organizations And To Extend The Automatic Repealer On The Statute Authorizing The Division To Reimburse Providers For Care And Services; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Medicaid program; authorize extended postpartum care for recipients and require standardized credentialing process.

Sen. David Blount [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-08	Senate	Referred To Medicaid

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	13	115	Amended Code	See Bill Text
43	13	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2159.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2159IN.htm