Bill > HB1912

This bill appropriates funds for the Mississippi Division of Medicaid for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to cover the costs of providing medical assistance and administering the Mississippi Medicaid Law. Specifically, it allocates over $906 million from the State General Fund, over $657 million from the Medical Care Fund, over $6.7 billion from special funds, and over $63 million from the Health Care Expendable Fund. The bill also details spending limits for "Personal Services," which includes salaries, wages, and fringe benefits, and sets authorized headcount for permanent and time-limited positions, emphasizing that vacancy funding is intended to increase filled positions, not to raise salaries for current employees. Furthermore, it outlines the agency's responsibility to maintain accounting records, submit budget requests with specific program separations, and achieve performance targets related to administrative efficiency, claims processing, recipient services, and program outcomes, including specific measures for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Home and Community Based Waiver programs. The bill also includes provisions for a temporary non-emergency transportation program for elderly or disabled dialysis patients, mandates the establishment of baselines for the Mississippi Coordinated Access Network (MS-CAN) program to measure health outcomes, encourages continued collaboration on transparency and fraud prevention, ensures continued funding for specific numbers of Home and Community Based Waiver slots, allows for expenditures to provide home and community based services to avoid institutionalization, and authorizes payments for prior fiscal year expenses. Finally, it mandates monthly statistical and financial reports to legislative offices and requires the Division of Medicaid to provide cash flow projections and other requested information to legislative committees.

Budget and Finance

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1912.xml