Mississippi House Bill 350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Direct The Governor And 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 The Expansion Of Medicaid Coverage In Mississippi With Health Care Delivery System And Payment Model Reform; To Provide That The Plan And The Resulting Medicaid Program Shall Be Known As "one Mississippi"; To Specify The Provisions That The Governor And The Division Shall Seek To Have Included In The Waiver Plan, Which Include The Objectives And Structure Of The Plan, Shared Savings Programs And Beneficiaries; To Provide That Under The Plan, The Division Shall Accept Additional Federal Medicaid Reimbursements To Establish And Fund Regional Care Organizations; To Provide That Persons From Nineteen To Sixty-five Years Of Age Who Currently Reside In Households That Have An Income Of Not More Than 138% Of Federal Poverty Level Shall Be Eligible For Coverage Under The Plan; To Provide That In Selecting A Shared Savings Program, Regional Care Organizations May Choose Between An Upside Sharing Model Or A Risk Based, Two-sided Model; To Provide That Beneficiaries Shall Opt In For Coverage With The Regional Care Organization's Providers; To Provide That Members With Incomes Above Fifty Percent Of The Federal Poverty Level Shall Pay An Annual Membership Fee Of Twenty-five Dollars; To Provide That If A Waiver Is Obtained To Allow The Expansion Of Medicaid Coverage, The Division Shall Amend The State Plan To Include The Provisions Authorized In The Waiver And Shall Begin Implementing The Plan Authorized By The Waiver; To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi."

Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]	Rep. Christopher Bell [D]	Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]	Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]
Rep. Orlando Paden [D]	Rep. Debra Gibbs [D]	Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]	Rep. Otis Anthony [D]
Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Ronnie Crudup [D]	Rep. Oscar Denton [D]	Rep. Stephanie Foster [D]
Rep. Carl Mickens [D]	Rep. Tracey Rosebud [D]	Rep. Shanda Yates [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-01-30	House	Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0350.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0350IN.htm