Mississippi House Bill 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 18 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-18 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Prohibits The Division Of Medicaid's Rates Of Reimbursement, Services, Charges And Fees From Being Increased, Decreased Or Otherwise Changed Unless They Are Authorized By An Amendment To This Section By The Legislature; To Establish A Procedure For The Medicaid Committees Of The House And Senate To Review Proposed Changes In Provider Rates Of Reimbursement Or Payment Methodologies By The Division Of Medicaid Before The Changes Will Take Effect; To Require The Division To Increase The Amount Of The Reimbursement Rate For Restorative Dental Services For Fiscal Years 2023, 2024 And 2025 By 5% Above The Amount Of The Reimbursement Rate For The Previous Fiscal Year; To Set Requirements For The Reimbursement Of Durable Medical Equipment, Including Noninvasive Ventilators Or Ventilation Treatments Properly Ordered And Being Used In An Appropriate Care Setting; To Require Reimbursement To Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers For Home Use Of Noninvasive And Invasive Ventilators To Be On A Continuous Monthly Payment Basis For The Duration Of Medical Need Throughout A Patient's Valid Prescription Period; To Require The Division To Establish A Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program Or Another Allowable Delivery System Authorized By Federal Law For Emergency Ambulance Transportation Providers; To Provide For The Formula That The Division Shall Use For Calculating Ambulance Service Access Payment Amounts; To Provide That The Division Shall Reimburse For Outpatient Hospital Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of 21 By Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospitals; To Require The Division To Evaluate The Feasibility Of Using A Single Vendor To Administer Dental Benefits Provided Under A Managed Care Delivery System; To Provide That Planning And Development Districts Participating In The Home- And Community-based Services Program For The Elderly And Disabled As Case Management Providers Shall Be Reimbursed For Case Management Services At The Maximum Rate Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Require The Division To Reimburse For Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries By A Licensed Birthing Center In A Method And Manner To Be Determined By The Division In Accordance With Federal Laws And Federal Regulations; To Require The Division To Seek Any Necessary Waivers, Make Any Required Amendments To Its State Plan Or Revise Any Managed Care Contracts Authorized Under This Section As Necessary To Provide Such Birthing Center Services; To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Procedure For The Medicaid Committees Of The House And Senate To Review Proposed State Plan Amendments Of The Division Of Medicaid Before The Proposed State Plan Amendments Are Filed With The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services; To Provide That The Medicaid Committees Have No Authority Under The Preceding Provisions To Veto Or Revise Any Proposed Actions By The Division Of Medicaid, But Are Limited To Reviewing, Making Objections To And Making Recommendations For Suggested Changes To Proposed Actions By The Division; To Amend Section 43-13-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If Any State Plan Amendment Submitted To Comply With The Provisions Of Section 43-13-117 Is Disapproved By The United States Department Of Health And Human Services, The Division May Operate Under The State Plan As Previously Approved By The United States Department Of Health And Human Services In Order To Preserve Federal Matching Funds; To Require The Division To Provide Notice Of The Disapproval To The Chairmen Of The House And Senate Medicaid Committees; To Amend Sections 41-71-1 And 41-71-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants And Clinical Nurse Specialists To Prescribe Or Order Home Health Services And Plans Of Care, Certify And Recertify Eligibility For Home Health Services And Conduct The Required Initial Face-to-face Visit With The Recipient Of The Services; To Provide That The Amendments In The Act Are Retroactive To May 8, 2020; And For Related Purposes.

Medicaid; delete freeze on provider reimbursement rates and make various technical amendments to services section.

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

2022-03-31 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 49 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-31 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 114 N: 1 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House Passed (Y: 114 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-18		Approved by Governor
2022-04-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2022-04-04	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2022-03-31	Senate	Immediate Release
2022-03-31	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2022-03-31	House	Immediate Release
2022-03-31	House	Conference Report Adopted
2022-03-30	House	Conference Report Filed
2022-03-30	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2022-03-29	Senate	Recommitted For Further Conf
2022-03-29	House	Recommitted For Further Conf
2022-03-28	House	Conference Report Filed
2022-03-28	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2022-03-21	Senate	Conferees Named Blackwell,Fillingane,Wiggins
2022-03-21	House	Conferees Named Hood,White,Deweese
2022-03-16	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2022-03-10	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2022-03-09	Senate	Passed As Amended
2022-03-09	Senate	Amended
2022-03-01	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2022-02-11	Senate	Referred To Medicaid
2022-02-11	House	Transmitted To Senate
2022-02-10	House	Passed
2022-02-10	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2022-02-08	House	Read the Third Time
2022-02-01	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Medicaid

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	71	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	71	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
43	13	117	New Code	See Bill Text
43	13	121	New Code	See Bill Text
43	13	139	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0657.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0657IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0657CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0657PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0657SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/sam/HB0657_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/house/0380013.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/senate/0650059.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/house/0870005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/senate/0870015.pdf