***Pending***
AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO
Senate Bill NO. 2543
By Representative(s) Committee
Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
SECTION 1. Section 41-86-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-86-5. * * * As used in Sections 41-86-5 through 41-86-17, the following definitions shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a) "Act" means the Mississippi Children's Health Care Act.
(b) "Administering agency" means the agency designated by the Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program Commission to administer the program.
(c) "Board" means the State and Public School Employees Health Insurance Management Board created under Section 25-15-303.
(d) "Child" means an individual who is under nineteen (19) years of age who is not eligible for Medicaid benefits and is not covered by other health insurance.
(e) "Commission" means the Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program Commission created by Section 41-86-7.
(f) "Covered benefits" means the types of health care benefits and services provided to eligible recipients
under the Children's Health Care Program.
(g) "Division" means the Division of Medicaid in the Office of the Governor.
(h) "Low-income child" means a child whose family income does not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the poverty level for a family of the size involved.
(i) "Plan" means the State Child Health Plan.
(j) "Program" means the Children's Health Care Program established by Sections 41-86-5 through 41-86-17.
(k) "Recipient" means a person who is eligible for assistance under the program.
(l) "State Child Health Plan" means the permanent plan that sets forth the manner and means by which the State of Mississippi will provide health care assistance to eligible uninsured, low-income children consistent with the provisions of Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-86-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILY INCOMES DO NOT EXCEED 200% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.