Mississippi Senate Bill 2483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Hospital Assessment For Medicaid Funding Purposes Shall Not Be Applied To Non-medicare Hospital Inpatient Days For Inpatient Psychiatric Services Provided By Nonstate Government Hospitals Licensed By The State Department Of Health To Operate Inpatient Psychiatric Beds; To Provide That If A Hospital Subject To The Assessment Closes Or Ceases To Operate Inpatient Specialty Beds Or Services That Are Recognized By The State Department Of Health As A Separate Licensure Category Of Beds, Then That Hospital's Assessment For The State Fiscal Year In Which The Specialty Beds Or Services Are Closed Or Cease To Operate Shall Be Adjusted On A Pro Rata Basis To Reflect The Number Of Days The Specialty Service Was Not In Service During The State Fiscal Year For Which The Assessment Is Being Assessed; To Revise The Distribution Of Methodology For Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments And Upper Payment Limit Payments To Hospitals; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On This Section; And For Related Purposes.

Hospital assessments for Medicaid funding and DSH/UPL payments to certain hospitals; provide for.

Sen. Sean Tindell [R]

Sen. Thomas Gollott [R]

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2483.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2483IN.htm