Mississippi House Bill 740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Failed on March 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Medicaid And Human Services Fraud Prevention Act; To Define Certain Terms; To Require The Division Of Medicaid And The Department Of Human Services To Jointly Establish A Computerized Income, Asset And Identity Eligibility Verification System In Order To Verify Eligibility, Eliminate The Duplication Of Assistance, And Deter Waste, Fraud And Abuse Within Each Respective Assistance Program Administered By The Division And The Department; To Direct The Division And The Department To Jointly Enter Into A Competitively Bid Contract With A Third-party Vendor For The Purposes Of Developing The Verification System; To Require The Division And The Department, Before Awarding Benefits Or Assistance And On A Quarterly Basis Thereafter, To Identify Information Of Each Respective Applicant And Recipient Of Assistance Against Certain Specified Information Databases, And To Match Identity Information Of Each Respective Applicant And Recipient Of Assistance Against Certain Specified Public Records; To Require Applicants For Benefits Or Assistance From The Division Or The Department To Complete A Computerized Identity Authentication Process That Confirms That The Applicant Owns The Identity Presented In The Application, And To Require The Division Or The Department To Review The Respective Applicant Or Recipient's Identity Ownership Using Certain Procedures; To Provide That If A Discrepancy Results From An Applicant Or Recipient's Identity Information And One Or More Of The Databases Or Information Tools Listed In This Act, The Division Or The Department Will Review The Respective Applicant Or Recipient's Case Using Certain Procedures; To Provide That After Reviewing Changes Or Discrepancies That May Affect Program Eligibility, The Division Or The Department Shall Refer Suspected Cases Of Fraud To The Attorney General's Office For Criminal Prosecution, Recovery Of Improper Payments And Collection Of Civil Penalties; To Provide That After Reviewing Changes Or Discrepancies That May Affect Program Eligibility, The Division Or The Department Will Refer Suspected Cases Of Identity Fraud To The Attorney General's Office For Criminal Prosecution; To Provide That In Cases Of Fraud Substantiated By The Division Or The Department, Upon Conviction, The State Will Review All Legal Options To Remove Enrollees From Other Public Programs And Garnish Wages Or State Income Tax Refunds Until The State Recovers An Equal Amount Of Benefits Or Assistance Fraudulently Claimed; And For Related Purposes.

Medicaid & Human Services Fraud Control Act; create.

Rep. Jason White [R]	Rep. Brad Mayo [R]	Rep. Chris Brown [R]	Rep. Mark Baker [R]
Rep. Brent Powell [R]	Rep. Joey Hood [R]

2015-02-11 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 112 N: 6 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-02-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2015-02-16	House	Transmitted To Senate
2015-02-11	House	Passed As Amended
2015-02-11	House	Amended
2015-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Medicaid

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0740.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0740IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0740PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0370024.pdf