Mississippi
Throughout Mississippi Legislative Sessions, the Alliance provides it members with direct updates to legislation that can significantly affect hospice providers and the industry that supports them. The Alliance worked with legislators, state departments and related industry professionals on the following bills and issues.
Past Mississippi Legislative Accomplishments:
- Passage of industry moratorium (2013)
- Extension of industry moratorium (2015)
- Extension of industry moratorium 5 years through 2022 (2017)
- Defeat of efforts to remove the moratorium (2017)
- Led advocacy efforts with Division of Medicaid for hospice HCBS waiver eligibility (2017)
- Passed legislation through the House of Reps 122-0 granting hospice providers an exemption from the MSBOML opioid regulations (2019)
- Created working group with MSBOML to adopt new regs governing hospice prescribing requirements (2019)
- Legislative approval & Governor's signature on HB1520 granting hospice medical director an exemption from MSBOML prescribing requirements (2020)
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