Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Medicaid; revise provisions regarding recovery of damages in legal actions against third parties.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/20 (H) Referred To Medicaid | |
| 2 | 03/09 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2004 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Bondurant
Code Sections: A 043-0013-0125, A 043-0013-0305
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-125, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS OR THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES MAY RECOVER THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS MADE BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID ON BEHALF OF THE RECIPIENT AS AN ELEMENT OF DAMAGES IN ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST A THIRD PARTY; TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RECOVERY FOR MEDICAL DAMAGES IN ANY SUCH ACTION TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS MADE; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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