An act to create new section 25-15-22, mississippi code of 1972, to create the mississippi state and school employees’ life and health insurance plan task force to study, report and make recommendations regarding such insurance plans; to provide certain items for the task force to study, report and make recommendations on; to provide for the membership and meeting procedure of the task force; to require the task force to make a report of its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives and the chairs of the education committees of the house of representatives and senate on or before november 1, 2023, at which time the task force will be dissolved; and for related purposes.

To require health insurance policies to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of developmental and physical disabilities; to provide for what disabilities may be covered; and for related purposes.

Certificate of need; direct issuance for an existing ambulatory surgical center.

an act to provide that the state department of health shall establish a grant program to provide grants to rural hospitals to develop, implement and/or enhance the use of telemedicine services and telemedicine technology in the hospital emergency rooms; and for related purposes.

An act to direct the governor and the division of medicaid to enter into negotiations with the federal government to obtain a waiver of applicable provisions of the medicaid laws and regulations to create a plan to allow the expansion of medicaid coverage in mississippi; to specify the provisions that the governor and the division shall seek to have included in the waiver plan; to provide that if a waiver is obtained to allow the expansion of medicaid coverage, the division shall amend the state plan to include the provisions authorized in the waiver and shall begin implementing the plan authorized by the waiver; to amend section 43-13-115, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the preceding provisions; and for related purposes.

Pharmacy benefit managers; require to use national average drug acquisition cost.

Pharmacy benefit managers; require to make available to the public, without redaction, contracts relating to pharmacy benefit management services.

An act to amend section 43-13-115, mississippi code of 1972, to provide medicaid coverage for individuals who are under 65 years of age, are not pregnant, are not entitled to or enrolled for medicare benefits and whose income is not more than 133% of the federal poverty level, as authorized under the federal patient protection and affordable care act; to provide for a statewide special election to be held on tuesday, november 7, 2023, for the purpose of determining whether medicaid eligibility will be expanded to persons authorized for coverage under the federal patient protection and affordable care act; to provide that if a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question in the special election vote for expanding medicaid to those persons, then this act shall take effect on january 1, 2024; to provide that if a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question in the election vote against expanding medicaid to those persons, then this act shall not take effect; and for related purposes.

an act to amend section 41-7-191, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize the state department of health to issue a certificate of need for the construction or expansion of nursing facility beds or the conversion of other beds to nursing facility beds in jones county, not to exceed sixty beds; and for related purposes.

An act to require the state health officer to develop a program to close the gap in the health status of all gender and racial groups; to require a statewide assessment; to establish measurable outcomes; to provide technical assistance; to provide for the selection of certain organizations to develop criteria and procedures to carry out the purposes of this act; to coordinate with other projects and initiatives; to require evaluations and reports; and for related purposes.