Bill Text: MS SB2172 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2172 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Division of Medicaid; authorize to apply for federal grant to integrate eligibility systems between DOM and DHS.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2172 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2172-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Medicaid; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hill

Senate Bill 2172

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-122, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF ELIGIBILITY SYSTEMS BETWEEN MEDICAID AND THE APPLICABLE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 43-13-122, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-13-122. (1) The division is authorized to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for waivers and research and demonstration grants.

(2) The division is further authorized to accept and expend any grants, donations or contributions from any public or private organization together with any additional federal matching funds that may accrue and, including, but not limited to, one hundred percent (100%) federal grant funds or funds from any governmental entity or instrumentality thereof in furthering the purposes and objectives of the Mississippi Medicaid program, provided that such receipts and expenditures are reported and otherwise handled in accordance with the General Fund Stabilization Act. The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer monies to the division from special funds in the State Treasury in amounts not exceeding the amounts authorized in the appropriation to the division.

(3) The Division of Medicaid shall submit an Advanced Planning Document or amend its existing Advanced Planning Document (APD) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the purpose of applying for the OMB A87 exception to support the integration of eligibility systems between the Division of Medicaid and any applicable Department of Human Services program where an integrated system of eligibility will serve the state's interest in developing shared eligibility services across Health and Human Services programs, while at the same time promoting and enhancing the state's efforts of ensuring maximum program integrity across each agency. In preparing the Advanced Planning Document or Amendment to same, the Division of Medicaid shall also:

(a) Identify functions that can be leveraged/shared across the State Medicaid program and other Department of Human Services agency programs;

(b) Weigh benefits of shared systems;

(c) Identify interoperability and integration goals; (d) Seek guidance from CMS/ACF on state ideas prior to submitting APDs; and

(e) Ensure that the enhancement to front-end identity and asset verification is an integral part of the advanced planning and integration process going forward.

The division shall develop a report on the application process and submit to the Medicaid chairmen of both Houses of the Legislature within ninety (90) days of application.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.