HB 1686 Summary

• Appropriates $5,445,643,948.00 total to the Governor's Office - Division of Medicaid for fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014) for medical assistance and administrative expenses under Mississippi Medicaid Law.

• Authorizes 1,027 permanent full-time positions, 2 permanent part-time positions, 17 time-limited full-time positions, and establishes performance targets for medical services, CHIP, and home and community-based waiver programs.

• Allocates funds for specific programs including CHIP at 200% poverty level ($2,879,024), Home and Community Waiver Program ($1,972,132), dental fee increases ($904,837), and eyeglasses for adults ($699,191).

• Provides $2,750,000 for temporary nonemergency transportation to dialysis services for low-income elderly and disabled patients, and $3,000,000 increase for Assisted Living and Elderly and Disabled Home-and-Community Based Waiver programs.

• Requires monthly statistical and financial reports to Legislative Budget Office and establishes division responsibility to maintain accounting records comparable to prior fiscal year with specified budget format requirements.