Mississippi Senate Bill 2836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-12 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act Relating To The Mississippi Medicaid Program; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Comprehensive List Of The Types Of Care And Services Covered By Medicaid; To Provide That Rural Hospitals That Have Fifty Or Fewer Licensed Beds Shall Be Given The Option To Be Reimbursed Under Medicaid For Outpatient Hospital Services Based On 101% Of The Medicare Rate For Those Services Instead Of Using The Ambulatory Payment Classification (apc) Methodology; To Reduce The Annual Number Of Home Leave Days For Patients In Nursing Facilities And Intermediate Care Facilities; To Delete The Annual Limit On Physician Visits; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse Obstetricians And Gynecologists For Certain Primary Care Services As Defined By The Division At 100% Of The Rate Established Under Medicare; To Delete The Annual Limits On Home Health Services Visits; To Delete The Restriction On The Reimbursement Rate For Emergency Medical Transportation Services; To Delete The Monthly Prescription Limit For Medicaid Beneficiaries; To Direct The Division To Allow Physician?administered Drugs To Be Billed And Reimbursed As Either A Medical Claim Or Pharmacy Point-of-sale To Allow Greater Access To Care; To Authorize The Division To Encourage The Use Of Certain Preterm Birth Services (17p); To Provide That The Coverage Of Dental And Orthodontic Services Will Be Determined By The Division; To Provide That Certain Services Provided By A Psychiatrist May Be Reimbursed At Up To 100% Of The Medicare Rate; To Revise Certain Provisions Of The Medicare Upper Payment Limits (upl) Program And The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Provide That Federally Qualified Health Centers Providing Ambulatory Services Shall Be Reimbursed By The Medicaid Prospective Payment System As Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Authorize Instead Of Require That Targeted Case Management Services For High-cost Beneficiaries Be Developed For All Services Covered By This Section; To Authorize Medicaid Reimbursement For Treatment For Opioid Dependency And Other Highly Addictive Substance Use Disorders; To Direct The Division To Allow Beneficiaries Between The Ages Of Ten And Eighteen Years To Receive Vaccines Through A Pharmacy Venue; To Include Outpatient Hospital Services In The List Of Services That Are Exempt From The Five Percent Reduction In The Provider Reimbursement Rate; To Direct The Medical Care Advisory Committee To Develop Recommendations To The Legislature Relating To The Authority Of The Division To Reduce The Rate Of Provider Reimbursement By Five Percent; To Delete The Prohibition On The Division From Making Certain Changes To The Services Authorized Under This Section Without An Amendment To This Section By The Legislature; To Revise The Actions That The Division May Take To Reduce Costs If Current Or Projected Expenditures Of The Division Are Reasonably Anticipated By The Division To Exceed The Amount Of Funds Appropriated To The Division For Any Fiscal Year; To Prohibit The Division From Implementing The Expansion Of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts Without Enabling Legislation; To Establish A Commission On Expanding Medicaid Managed Care To Develop Recommendations To The Governor And The Legislature; To Provide That The Division And The Contractors Participating In The Managed Care Program, A Coordinated Care Program Or A Provider-sponsored Health Plan Shall Be Subject To Annual Program Audits Performed By The Office Of The State Auditor, The Peer Committee And/or An Independent Third Party; To Prohibit Managed Care Organizations From Requiring Their Providers To Be Credentialed By The Organization In Order To Receive Reimbursement; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By Senate Bill No. 2912, 2018 Regular Session, To Extend The Automatic Repealer On The Section That Provides For Certain Provider Assessments Under The Mississippi Medicaid Program; To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To The Calculation Of The Assessments; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Medicaid program; revise services, provider reimbursement rates and extend repealer.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

2018-03-27 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 44 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-27 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 108 N: 5 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-22 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 117 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 31 N: 16 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-12		Approved by Governor
2018-04-02	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2018-04-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2018-03-28	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2018-03-27	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Scott, Brown, Bomgar)
2018-03-27	House	Conference Report Adopted
2018-03-27	Senate	Immediate Release
2018-03-27	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2018-03-26	House	Conference Report Filed
2018-03-26	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2018-03-26	House	Conferees Named Brown,White,Hood
2018-03-25	Senate	Conferees Named Wiggins,Burton,Clarke
2018-03-05	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2018-02-23	House	Returned For Concurrence
2018-02-22	House	Passed As Amended
2018-02-22	House	Amended
2018-02-21	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2018-02-19	House	Referred To Medicaid
2018-02-07	Senate	Transmitted To House
2018-02-07	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2018-02-07	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Entered
2018-02-06	Senate	Passed
2018-02-06	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2018-01-29	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Medicaid

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2836.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2836IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2836CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2836PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2836SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/ham/SB2836_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/senate/0360017.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/house/0520005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/house/0850022.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/senate/0850035.pdf