HB1379

Mississippi HB1379 authorizes the Division of Medicaid to make payments to a border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital under.

Mississippi HB1379, known as the "Mississippi Pediatric Access to Critical Health Care Protection Act," authorizes the Division of Medicaid to make payments to a border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approve an increase in the annual request for the provider payment initiative. The hospital must be located within a city bordering the eastern bank of the Mississippi River and the State of Mississippi, have an affiliation agreement with an accredited university, and be licensed and designated as a pediatric hospital or.