Bills affecting Medicaid / public insurance in Mississippi (2026 session)

Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.

Health benefit plans and Medicaid; require to offer coverage for biomarker testing.

Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.

CON; revise certain provisions of.

Appropriations; additional appropriations for various state agencies.

Mississippi Maternal Health Momnibus Act; create.

Mississippi Pediatric Access To Critical Health Care Protection Act; enact.

Statewide Insurance Enrollment Assistance Program; establish within the Mississippi Department of Insurance.

Medicaid; division shall allow provider to repay incorrect payments made to provider under an installment repayment plan.

Medicaid; delete prohibition on participation in for psychiatric residential treatment facility in Desoto County.

Medicaid; delete repealer on provision requiring payments to border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital.

Medicaid; require division to conduct study on impacts of any mandatory work requirements in any enacted Medicaid expansion program.

Medicaid; telehealth services provided by FQHCs, rural health clinics and community mental health centers reimbursed at same rate as face-to-face encounters.

Medicaid; direct Division of Medicaid to apply for federal waivers to expand Medicaid eligibility.

Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.

Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer program and abolish Division of Medicaid.

HIV medications; prohibit health plans and Medicaid from subjecting to protocols that restrict dispensing of.

Medicaid; require managed care organizations to use certain level of care guidelines in determining medical necessity.

Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage.