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Article 1 - Medical Assistance for the Aged
§ 43-13-1. Citation of article - This article shall be known as and may be cited...
§ 43-13-3. Definitions - Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning as used...
§ 43-13-5. Medical assistance for the aged - The State Department of Public Welfare, after having made a...
§ 43-13-7. Obligations upon the administering agency - The administering agency, in providing medical assistance for the aged,...
§ 43-13-9. Medical advisory committee - The state board of public welfare shall appoint a medical...
§ 43-13-11. Program administration and vendor payments - The administering agency is authorized to contract with other state...
§ 43-13-13. Penalties - Any person, making application for benefits under this article for...
Article 3 - Medicaid
§ 43-13-101. Title of article - This article shall be entitled and cited as the "Mississippi...
§ 43-13-103. Purpose - For the purpose of affording health care and remedial and...
§ 43-13-105. Definitions - When used in this article, the following definitions shall apply,...
§ 43-13-107. Division of Medicaid created; director and other personnel; Medical Care Advisory Committee; Drug Use Review Board; Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - All members appointed under this paragraph shall either be health...
§ 43-13-109. Rules and regulations for procurement of employees - The director, with the approval of the governor and pursuant...
§ 43-13-111. Budgets of state health agencies - Every state health agency, as defined in Section 43-13-105, shall...
§ 43-13-113. Receipt and disbursement of funds; contingency plan; contracting for donated dental services program - The division shall issue all checks or electronic transfers for...
§ 43-13-115. Persons entitled to receive Medicaid - Recipients of Medicaid shall be the following persons only: The...
§ 43-13-116. Authority to determine Medicaid eligibility; agreements with state and federal agencies; administrative hearings; authority to hire employees - In all group hearings, whether initiated by the Division of...
§ 43-13-117. Types of care and services for which financial assistance furnished - Medicaid as authorized by this article shall include payment of...
§ 43-13-117.1. Nursing facility services funds for certain nursing facility residents may be transferred to cover costs of services available through home- and community-based waiver programs - It is the intent of the Legislature to expand access...
§ 43-13-117.2. Study on implementation of pilot program to provide chronic disease management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - The Division of Medicaid is authorized and directed to study...
§ 43-13-117.4. Payment by Division of Medicaid of costs of care and services rendered by an entity that performs nontherapeutic abortions or maintains or operates or is affiliated with an entity that maintains or operates a facility where nontherapeu... - Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 43-13-117, the division shall...
§ 43-13-117.5. Reimbursement for services provided eligible beneficiaries by licensed freestanding psychiatric hospital authorized - The Division of Medicaid is authorized to reimburse for services...
§ 43-13-118. Records of provider participating in Medicaid program - It shall be the duty of each provider participating in...
§ 43-13-121. Authority to administer article - No agreements, specifically including the general plan for the operation...
§ 43-13-123. Methods of providing for payment of claims - The determination of the method of providing payment of claims...
§ 43-13-125. Recovery of Medicaid payments from third parties; compromise or settlement of claims; plaintiff's recovery of medical expenses as special damages; disposition of funds received - The division, with the approval of the Governor, may compromise...
§ 43-13-126. Health insurers required to provide certain information to Division of Medicaid, accept Division's right of recovery and not deny claims submitted by Division on the basis of certain errors as condition of doing business in Mississippi - As a condition of doing business in the state, health...
§ 43-13-129. Misrepresentation by applicant for benefits or by provider of services; penalty - Any person making application for benefits under this article for...
§ 43-13-131. Influencing recipient to elect particular provider or type of services for purpose of obtaining increase in benefits or payments; penalties - Any person who shall, through intentional misrepresentation, fraud, deceit or...
§ 43-13-133. Intent as to use of federal matching funds - It is the intent of the Legislature that all federal...
§ 43-13-137. Division to comply with Administrative Procedure Law - The division is an agency as defined under Section 25-43-3...
§ 43-13-139. Governor authorized to discontinue or limit medical assistance to optional groups; division to cease state funding upon discontinuance of federal funding - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent...
§ 43-13-143. Medical Care Fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special fund...
§ 43-13-145. Assessment levied upon health care facilities; keeping of records; collection of assessments; effect of delinquency in payment - 1. "Non-Medicare hospital inpatient day" means total hospital inpatient days...
Article 5 - Medicaid Fraud Control Act
§ 43-13-201. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 43-13-203. Definitions - As used in this article: "Benefit" means the receipt of...
§ 43-13-207. Kickbacks and bribes - A person shall not solicit, offer or receive a kickback...
§ 43-13-209. False statements or false representations as to conditions or operation of institution or facility - A person shall not knowingly and wilfully make, induce or...
§ 43-13-211. Conspiracy - A person shall not enter into an agreement, combination or...
§ 43-13-213. False or fraudulent claim - A person shall not make, present or cause to be...
§ 43-13-215. Penalties - A person who violates any provision of Sections 43-13-205 through...
§ 43-13-217. Evidentiary matters concerning false statements or representations - In any prosecution under this article, it shall not be...
§ 43-13-219. Medicaid fraud control unit - There is hereby created within the office of the attorney...
§ 43-13-221. Attorney General; investigation and prosecution; investigator status as law enforcement officer - The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Fraud...
§ 43-13-231. Power of local authorities - The powers of the attorney general, acting through the director...
§ 43-13-233. Existing law not affected - Nothing in this article shall in any way limit any...
Article 7 - Third Party Liability for Medical Payments
§ 43-13-301. Identification of cases involving third-party liability - The State Department of Public Welfare shall assist the Division...
§ 43-13-303. Inclusion of medical support in child support enforcement orders; procedures for health insurance enrollment in child support cases; duties of health insurers and employers; withholding of reimbursement amounts from parent's state tax re... - Health insurers and employers shall honor court or administrative orders...
§ 43-13-307. Loss of eligibility upon refusal to cooperate with Division or local agency - Any applicant or recipient, inclusive of the grantee relative of...
§ 43-13-309. State and federal funding - The State Department of Public Welfare shall obtain an appropriation...
§ 43-13-311. Requirement of cooperation by providers - Providers of medical services participating in the Medicaid program shall,...
§ 43-13-315. Liability for failure or refusal to honor subrogation rights of Division - Any person, firm, or corporation who fails or refuses to...
Article 9 - Health Care Trust Fund for Tobacco Settlement Funds
§ 43-13-401. Declaration of legislative intent - It is declared by the Legislature that the funds received...
§ 43-13-403. Definitions - When used in this article, the following definitions shall apply,...
Article 11 - Drug Repository Program
§ 43-13-501. Definitions - As used in Sections 43-13-501 through 43-13-509, the following terms...
§ 43-13-507. Health care professional defined; immunity for participants in program - A drug manufacturer shall not be subject to criminal prosecution...
Article 13 - Mississippi Long-term Care Partnership Program
§ 43-13-601. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that in order to alleviate the financial...
§ 43-13-603. Definitions - As used in this article: "Long-term care facility" means a...
§ 43-13-607. Continuity of asset protection - If this article is repealed, any Medicaid asset protection afforded...