Bill Text: MS SC588 | 2022 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Suspend rules for further consideration of SB No. 2033, 2022 RS; extend postpartum coverage of Medicaid recipients to 12 months.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-04-05 - Died In Committee [SC588 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2022-SC588-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Blackwell

Senate Concurrent Resolution 588

(As Adopted by Senate)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL NO. 2033, 2022 REGULAR SESSION, ENTITLED "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; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, THAT the following bill is hereby exempt from the timetable for consideration of bills provided by Joint Rule No. 40, and that consent is hereby given for further consideration of Senate Bill No. 2033, 2022 Regular Session, entitled "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; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."