MS HR51

Requests the House Rules Committee to reconsider or suspend its rules to take further action on Senate Bill No. 2207, which the committee tabled on February 14, 2013.

Senate Bill No. 2207 would extend repealers on four Mississippi Medicaid Law code sections scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2013.

The repealers affect Section 43-13-107, which creates the Division of Medicaid in the Office of the Governor, and Section 43-13-145, which provides Medicaid funding from health care facility assessments including a 2009 hospital assessment.

Urges the Rules Committee to pass Senate Bill No. 2207 out of committee so the full House can vote on it before the March 5, 2013 deadline for Senate bills and before July 1, 2013 repeal date.

Warns that failure to extend the repealers would be disastrous for Medicaid recipients and providers.