Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Medicaid; require long-term care Medicaid funding parity for institutional services and community-based services.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 01/30 (S) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2007 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
Senate Committees:
Principal Author: Dawkins
Code Section: A 043-0013-0117
Title: AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY AND CHOICE IN LONG-TERM CARE ACT OF 2007" TO SUPPORT CHOICES FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, TO IMPLEMENT A FUNDING PARITY FORMULA BETWEEN NURSING HOME CARE SERVICES AND HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE SERVICES FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXPANSION OF HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES BY DIVERTING PERSONS IN NEED OF LONG-TERM CARE FROM NURSING HOME PLACEMENT TO HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES; TO PROVIDE FOR FAST-TRACK MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEDICAID LONG-TERM CARE EXPENDITURES; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS; TO ESTABLISH AND EMPOWER A MEDICAID LONG-TERM CARE FUNDING ADVISORY COUNCIL TO TRACK LONG-TERM CARE EXPENDITURES AND SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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