Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Medicaid; physician visit for certain needed blood tests by schizophrenia patients not counted against annual physician visit limit.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/21/00 | (H) | Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 03/07/00 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2000 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Compretta
Code Section: A 043-0013-0117
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A VISIT TO A PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT COUNT AGAINST THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN VISITS UNDER MEDICAID IF THE VISIT IS MADE BY A PATIENT WHO HAS SCHIZOPHRENIA, WHO TAKES A CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUG, AND WHO IS VISITING THE PHYSICIAN TO OBTAIN A BLOOD TEST THAT IS REQUIRED BEFORE A PHARMACIST MAY DISPENSE THAT DRUG TO THE PATIENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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