MS SB2116

Amends Section 43-13-117 of Mississippi Code to establish a five-tier priority system for Medicaid family planning fund distribution: public entities first, then nonpublic hospitals and federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, nonpublic health providers with primary purpose of providing primary health care services, and finally other nonpublic health providers.

Prohibits the Division of Medicaid from entering into contracts or making grants to any entity that performs nonfederally qualified abortions or maintains/operates a facility where nonfederally qualified abortions are performed.

Grants the Attorney General authority to enforce these provisions through legal action with remedies including recoupment, declaratory relief, injunctive relief, suspension, or debarment.

Allows any entity eligible for Medicaid funds to bring enforcement actions if an entity receives Medicaid funding in violation of these provisions and has resulted in reduction of public funds to that entity; prevailing plaintiffs entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

Effective July 1, 2016.