Bill Text: MS HB968 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medicaid; bring forward Section authorizing Division to apply for federal waivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB968 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-HB968-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Medicaid
By: Representative Hood
House Bill 968
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-122, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO APPLY TO THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES FOR WAIVERS AND RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS, TO MAKE SOME MINOR, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-13-122, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-13-122. (1) The division is authorized to apply to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for waivers and research and demonstration grants.
(2) The division is further authorized to accept and expend any grants, donations or contributions from any public or private organization together with any additional federal matching funds that may accrue and, including, but not limited to, one hundred percent (100%) federal grant funds or funds from any governmental entity or instrumentality thereof in furthering the purposes and objectives of the Mississippi Medicaid program, provided that such receipts and expenditures are reported and otherwise handled in accordance with the General Fund Stabilization Act. The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer monies to the division from special funds in the State Treasury in amounts not exceeding the amounts authorized in the appropriation to the division.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
