Bill Text: MS SB2241 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medicaid and Human Services Transparency and Fraud Prevention Act; revise section relating to gaps in eligibility reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [SB2241 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2241-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
Senate Bill 2241
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-12-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAID AND HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPARENCY AND FRAUD PREVENTION ACT RELATED TO GAPS IN ELIGIBILITY REPORTING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-12-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-12-33. The Department of
Human Services * * * may establish or use a * * * combination
of reporting systems under 7 CFR Section 273.12(a)(5). The combination,
including the extent to which each reporting system is established and used, shall
be set by the Mississippi Department of Human Services. The department
shall provide a written report by September 1 annually to the Chairmen
of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Public Health and
Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee,
and the House and Senate Medicaid Committees, on the * * * rationale, application and effectiveness of using
a * * * combined reporting system,
including the effect, if any, on the enrollment in the SNAP program and the effect
on the Mississippi Department of Human Services' "error rate" as calculated
by the Food and Nutrition Services of the United States Department of Agriculture.
The report also shall be provided to the other members of the Legislature upon
request.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
