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HR13 - Chief Peggy Sealy; commend upon retirement as Police Chief of the Hattiesburg Police Department.
Missy Warren McGee, Percy W. Watson, Larry Byrd
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing And Commending Chief Peggy Sealy Upon The Occasion Of Her Retirement As Police Chief Of The Hattiesburg Police Department.
STATUS
Introduced
HB539 - Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
Missy Warren McGee, Zakiya Summers, Clay Mansell
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 43-13-115.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Pregnant Women Shall Be Deemed To Be Presumptively Eligible For Ambulatory Prenatal Care Under Medicaid For Up To 60 Days If A Qualified Provider Determines, On The Basis Of Preliminary Information, That The Total Countable Net Family Income Of The Woman Does Not Exceed The Income Limits For Eligibility Of Pregnant Women; To Require Pregnant Women To Provide Proof Of Pregnancy And Documentation Of Monthly Family Income When Seeking A Determination Of Presumptive Eligibility; To Provide That Qualified Providers Are Those That Meet The Federal Definition Of Qualified Provider, Which Shall Include County Health Departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (fqhcs), And Other Entities Approved And Designated By The Division Of Medicaid To Conduct Presumptive Eligibility Determinations For Pregnant Women; To Require Pregnant Women Who Are Determined To Be Presumptively Eligible For Medicaid To Make Application For Medicaid By Not Later Than The Last Day Of The Month Following The Month During Which The Determination Is Made; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB364 - Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 99-19-301, 99-19-305 And 99-19-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Delineation Of Classes Of Victims Triggering An Enhanced Penalty For A Hate Crime; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB365 - Mississippi Musicians Month; designate the month of March each year as.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Month Of March Each Year As "mississippi Musicians Month"; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB970 - Medicaid; extend date of repealers on the services and managed care provisions and the provider assessment provisions.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Services And Managed Care Provisions In The Medicaid Program; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Medicaid Provider Assessment Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR115 - Scott Griffith; commend upon occasion of his retirement as Elementary Principal of Presbyterian Christian School.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Resolution Commending The Distinguished Career And Meritorious Leadership And Service That Mr. Scott Griffith Provided To The Students, Faculty And Staff Of Presbyterian Christian School As Elementary Principal Upon The Occasion Of His Retirement.
STATUS
Passed
HR23 - Miss Vivian O'Neal; commend upon winning Miss Mississippi 2023.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Miss Vivian O'neal, Miss Mississippi 2023, Upon Winning The Coveted Crown, And Expressing Best Wishes For Continued Success In All Her Future Endeavors.
STATUS
Passed
HB1725 - Medicaid; seek federal waiver for plan to allow Medicaid coverage for persons described in the federal Affordable Care Act.
Jason M. White, Missy Warren McGee, Omeria Scott
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Enter Into Negotiations With The Federal Government To Obtain A Waiver Of Applicable Provisions Of The Medicaid Laws And Regulations To Create A Plan To Allow Medicaid Coverage In Mississippi For Individuals Described In The Federal Affordable Care Act, To Be Known As Healthy Mississippi Works (hmw); To Specify The Provisions That The Division Shall Seek To Have Included In The Waiver Plan, Which Include The Coverage Group, Copayments For Nonemergency Use Of The Emergency Room, Benefit Packages, Funding Of The Plan, And The Timing For Approval Of The Waiver; To Provide That The Coverage Group For Eligibility Under Hmw Shall Be Individuals Who Are 19 Through 64 Years Of Age Whose Income Is Not More Than 138% Of The Federal Poverty Level, And To The Extent Approved In The Waiver, Who Are Employed For At Least Twenty Hours Per Week In A Position For Which Health Insurance Is Not Provided By The Employer Or Enrolled As A Full Time Student In Secondary Or Post-secondary Education Or Enrolled Full Time In A Workforce Training Program; To Provide That The Coverage Group Shall Not Include Individuals Who Have Health Insurance Coverage Through Their Employer Or Private Health Insurance And Who Voluntarily Disenroll From That Health Insurance Coverage Until Twelve Months After The Ending Date Of That Coverage; To Provide That The Coverage Group Shall Not Include Non-united States Citizens Who Are Ineligible For Medicaid Benefits; To Provide That All Individuals In The Coverage Group Shall Be Enrolled In And Their Services Shall Be Provided By The Managed Care Organizations (mcos), Coordinated Care Organizations (ccos) Provider-sponsored Health Plans (pshps) And Other Such Organizations Paid For Services To The Medicaid Population On A Capitated Basis By The Division; To Provide That All Individuals In The Coverage Group Enrolled Under Hmw Must Pay A Copayment Of Ten Dollars For Nonemergency Use Of The Emergency Room, Which Copayment Will Be Waived Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide That Individuals In The Coverage Group Enrolled Under Hmw Who Are 19 Or 20 Years Of Age Will Receive All Epsdt Benefits To Which They May Be Entitled Under Federal Law And Regulation; To Provide That Individuals Enrolled Under Hmw Who Are 21 Through 64 Years Of Age Will Have Access To The State Plan Benefit Package For Adults Eligible Under The Federal Affordable Care Act; To Provide That The Mcos, Ccos, Pshps And Other Such Organizations Shall Provide The Following Services To Assist Individuals Enrolled Under Hmw With Resources To Enhance Their Workforce Opportunities: Workforce Training And Skills-building To Assist The Individual With Finding A Job Or Advancing Their Career, And Financial Literacy Materials To Promote Wise Financial Decision-making; To Provide That If The Federal Matching Fund Proportion For Medical Services Provided To The Hmw Population Ever Falls Below 90%, The Waiver For Hmw Shall Be Discontinued To Coincide With The Effective Date Of Such A Decrease In The Federal Matching Fund Proportion; To Provide That The State Matching Funds For Hmw Shall Include Contributions From Hospitals That Are Generated Through An Assessment On Hospitals And Contributions From Mcos, Ccos, Pshps And Other Such Organizations In The Form Of An Assessment As Provided In This Act; To Provide If The Waiver As Described In This Act Is Not Substantially Approved Before September 30, 2024, Or If The Waiver Is Approved But Is Subsequently Terminated, Then The Division Shall Allow For Medicaid Coverage In Mississippi For Individuals Described In The Federal Affordable Care Act, To Be Known As The Healthy Mississippi Works (hmw) Category Of Eligibility, And Shall Move With All Deliberate Speed To Submit The Required State Plan Amendments To Effectuate Medicaid Coverage For Those Individuals; To Provide That The Coverage Group, Delivery Systems, Benefit Packages And Funding Of The Hmw Category Of Eligibility Will Be Substantially The Same As Those In The Waiver Plan; To Provide For The Levy Of An Assessment Upon Each Managed Care Organization, Coordinated Care Organization, Provider Sponsored Health Plan Or Other Organization Paid For Services On A Capitated Basis By The Division, In The Amount Of Four Percent On The Total Paid Capitation, Excluding Any Such Paid Amount That Is Attributable To Supplemental Payments; To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Provide That All Of The Provisions Of This Act Shall Stand Repealed On January 31, 2029; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1026 - Medicaid; make various technical amendments to the program.
Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Family Planning Waiver Program Under The Medicaid Program To Be Conducted Under A Waiver Or The State Plan; To Provide That Children In State Custody Who Are In Foster Care On Their Eighteenth Birthday Shall Be Medicaid Eligible Until Their Twenty-sixth Birthday; To Provide That Children Who Have Aged Out Of Foster Care While On Medicaid In Other States Shall Qualify Until Their Twenty-sixth Birthday; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Update The Case-mix Payment System Fair Rental Reimbursement System For Nursing Facility Services As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Provide That The Division Shall Reimburse Ambulance Service Providers That Provide An Assessment, Triage, Treatment Or Transportation For Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries To An Alternative Destination In This State Or Provide An Assessment Or Treat Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries In Place; To Delete The Legislative Intent For The Division To Encourage The Use Of Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate To Prevent Recurrent Preterm Births; To Authorize Contraceptives To Be Prescribed And Dispensed In Twelve-month Supply Increments Under Family Planning Services; To Update And Clarify Language About The Division's Transition From The Medicare Upper Payments Limits (upl) Program To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Authorize The Division To Establish A Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program For Other Eligible Licensed Providers As Determined By The Division; To Provide That Supplemental Payments To A Hospital Shall Not Decrease By More Than Five Percent When Compared To A Hospital's Prior Year Payment; To Provide That The Division Shall Not Substantially Change The Methodologies Used To Calculate A Hospital's Supplemental Payment; To Require That Populations Eligible For Receiving Perinatal Risk Management Services From Managed Care Organizations Receive The Services From The Managed Care Organizations Instead Of Using The Services At The State Department Of Health; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers In A Manner Determined By The Division; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On Medicaid Reimbursement For A Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On This Section; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Hospital Assessment May Exceed The Assessment In The Previous Quarter By More Than The Specified Limit When Such Increase Is To Maximize Federal Funds That Are Available To Reimburse Hospitals For Services Provided Under New Programs For Hospitals, Increased Supplemental Payment Programs For Hospitals Or To Assist With State Matching Funds As Authorized By The Legislature; To Provide That State-owned Acute Care Hospital Shall Submit An Intergovernmental Transfer (igt) To The State Of Mississippi To Fund The Nonfederal Share Of That Hospital's Supplemental Payments; To Provide That The Hospital's Supplemental Payment Shall Not Be Included In The Assessment For The Nonfederal Share For Which Other Hospitals Are Assessed; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On This Section; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Third-party Payor Requires Prior Authorization For An Item Or Service Furnished To A Medicaid Recipient, The Payor Shall Accept Authorization Provided By The Division Of Medicaid That The Item Or Service Is Covered Under The State Plan As If Such Authorization Were The Prior Authorization Made By The Third-party Payor For Such Item Or Service; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1796 - Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Clay Deweese, John O. Read, Richard Bennett
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The State Department Of Health For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
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