Mississippi House Bill 966 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Medicaid Beneficiaries To Participate In The Medical Home Concept; To Provide That The Required Physical Examination Of Those Participants Shall Include A Measurement Of Their Body Mass Index (bmi); To Provide That Those Beneficiaries Who Are Determined To Be Obese Based On Their Bmi Measurement Must Participate In An Online Interactive Program Delivered Via The Internet That Is Designed To Prevent And Reduce Obesity; To Specify The Contents Of The Online Program; To Provide That Computers Shall Be Available At Certain Locations Throughout The State For The Use Of Persons Required To Participate In The Online Program Who Do Not Have Access To The Internet At Their Homes; To Penalize Beneficiaries Required To Participate In The Online Program Who Fail To Participate By Increasing Their Co-payments For Medicaid Services; And For Related Purposes.

Medicaid; require participation in medical home concept and require obese persons to participate in online program on obesity.

Rep. Clara Burnett [D]	Rep. Henry Espy [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Esther Harrison [D]
Rep. Robert Huddleston [D]	Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Medicaid

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0966.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0966IN.htm