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HB464 - Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
Omeria Scott, Zakiya Summers
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Individuals Who Are Under 65 Years Of Age, Are Not Pregnant, Are Not Entitled To Or Enrolled For Medicare Benefits And Whose Income Is Not More Than 133% Of The Federal Poverty Level, As Authorized Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act; To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Children Who Are Under 19 Years Of Age And Whose Family Income Is More Than 133% But Not More Than 200% Of The Federal Poverty Level, As Authorized Under The Children's Health Insurance Program; To Repeal Sections 41-86-1, 41-86-5, 41-86-7, 41-86-9, 41-86-11, 41-86-13 And 41-86-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB829 - Teacher salary supplement; provide to those with five or more years experience in successful districts willing to relocate to an "F" designated school.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Salary Supplement, Reimbursement For Moving Expenses, And Reimbursement For Interviewing Expenses For Any Teacher Who Has Five Or More Years Of Teaching Experience In An "a," "b" Or "c"-designated School And Chooses To Teach In An "f"-designated School Within An "f"-designated School District; To Amend Section 37-159-5 And 37-159-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB775 - Prior authorization; impose certain requirements on health insurance issuers regarding.
Sam J. Creekmore, Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; To Establish The Legislative Findings Of The Act; To Provide The Applicability And Scope Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Maintain A Complete List Of Services For Which Prior Authorizations Are Required; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Any Current Prior Authorization Requirements And Restrictions Readily Accessible And Posted On Its Website; To Set Requirements For The Clinical Review Criteria Of Health Insurance Issuers; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers From Denying A Claim For Failure To Obtain Prior Authorization If The Prior Authorization Requirement Was Not In Effect On The Date Of Service On The Claim; To Require Health Insurers To Make Certain Prior Authorization Statistics Available On Their Website; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Available A Standardized Electronic Prior Authorization Request Transaction Process By January 1, 2025; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2027; To Establish Certain Requirements On Health Insurance Issuers For Prior Authorizations In Nonurgent Circumstances And Urgent Circumstances; To Provide Certain Qualifications Of Physicians Qualified To Make Adverse Determinations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Give Certain Notifications When Making An Adverse Determination; To Establish The Qualifications For Personnel Who Review Appeals Of Prior Authorizations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Periodically Review Their Prior Authorization Requirements And To Consider Removal Of These Requirements In Certain Cases; To Provide That A Health Insurance Issuer May Not Revoke Or Further Limit, Condition Or Restrict A Previously Issued Prior Authorization While It Remains Valid Under This Act Unless Certain Exclusions Are Applicable; To Provide How Long Prior Authorization Approvals Shall Be Valid; To Provide How Long The Prior Authorizations For Chronic Conditions Shall Be Valid; To Establish The Procedure For The Continuity Of Prior Approvals From Previous Health Insurance Issuers To Current Issuers; To Provide That A Failure By A Health Insurance Issuer To Comply With The Deadlines And Other Requirements Specified In This Act Shall Result In Any Health Care Services Subject To Review To Be Automatically Deemed Authorized By The Health Insurance Issuer Or Its Contracted Private Review Agent; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Insurance To Impose Upon A Private Review Agent, Health Benefit Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer An Administrative Fine Not To Exceed $10,000 Per Violation Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Report To The Department Certain Data; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Notify The Commissioner Of Insurance Of Suspected Submissions Of False Requests For Prior Authorization; To Require The Commissioner To Have An Administrative Hearing On Such Matters To Resolve The Issue; To Amend Section 41-83-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform And To Set Certain Qualifications And Time Constraints For Physicians Making Adverse Determinations Through Any Program Of Utilization Review; To Amend Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 83-1-101 And 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-83-5, 41-83-7, 41-83-9, 41-83-11, 41-83-15, 41-83-17, 41-83-19, 41-83-23, 41-83-25, 41-83-27 And 41-83-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB838 - School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require A Comprehensive Course In Mississippi History To Be Taught To All Students In Grade 9 In Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB839 - School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize Local School Boards To Employ Licensed Social Workers And Licensed Psychologists To Provide Services To Students In The Public Schools; To Provide That A School District That Employs At Least One Social Worker Or Psychologist For Every One Thousand Students Enrolled In The Schools Of The District Is Eligible For Reimbursement For Fifty Percent Of The Cost Of The Salary Of Each Social Worker Or Psychologist From The State Department Of Education; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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
HB26 - DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require The Department Of Human Services To Develop And Use A Process To Help Ensure That Subgrantees That Receive Grant Funds From The Department Sufficiently Reflect The Demographic Makeup Of The Eligible Population For The Program For Which The Grants Are Made; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB39 - Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Direct The Department Of Human Services, State Department Of Health And The Division Of Medicaid To Prepare A Video For Presentation In The Offices In Which Tanf Benefits, Snap Benefits, Food Through The Wic Program, Medicaid Assistance And Chip Benefits Are Provided By Those Agencies; To Provide That The Video Shall Provide Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, Prevention Of And Reducing Obesity, And The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Provide That Applicants For And Recipients Of Those Benefits May View The Video In The Office Of The Agency; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB23 - CON; authorize for nursing home in Jones County.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Issue A Certificate Of Need For The Construction Or Expansion Of Nursing Facility Beds Or The Conversion Of Other Beds To Nursing Facility Beds In Jones County, Not To Exceed Sixty Beds; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB167 - Municipal election commissioners; revise appointments of.
Omeria Scott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-221, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Process For Making Appointments To Municipal Election Commissions; To Provide A Timeline Of When Each Governing Authority Must Make Appointments To The Municipal Election Commission; To Provide That Each Municipal Election Commissioner Must Accept His Or Her Appointment By Submitting A Letter To The Secretary Of State; To Provide That Municipal Election Commissioners Shall Be Required To Complete A Training Seminar And A Skills Assessment; To Amend Section 23-15-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Proceeding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-611, 23-15-361 And 21-9-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-080
COMMITTEES
Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Omeria Scott was born in Abbeville, Louisiana. She received her bachelor's degree in social science from Grambling State University and her master's degree in business administration from Cardinal Stritch University. Scott served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 42 from 1996 to 2004. She was first elected in 1995. During her time in the Louisiana Legislature, Scott served as chair of the Labor Committee. She also served on the Appropriations, Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, and Transportation Committees.read less
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Mississippi House from Mississippi
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