Category: Mississippi Legislature
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMS): Policy Landscape and Potential Reforms | September 2025
To download the print-friendly version, click here. Table of Contents Background Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have grown and developed alongside the pharmaceutical manufacturing and health insurance industries, with the earliest versions of PBMs being founded by local groups of pharmacists. In 1958, Canada saw the creation of a prescription prepayment…
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2025 Legislative Session: A Review of Health-Related Bills and Their Impact | Report – July 2025, 3rd Edition
To download the print-friendly version, click here. The 2025 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convened at noon on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.¹ The focus of this session was the historic Build Up Mississippi Act.² Due to unforeseen technicalities, this bill along with multiple appropriation bills were not addressed during…
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State of Play: Status of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill & Implications for HealthCare in Mississippi
To download the print-friendly version click here. INTRODUCTION House Concurrent Resolution 14 was passed by Congress on April 10, 2025. The resolution, which established the budget for Fiscal Year 2025 and set budgetary outlines for the next ten years, directed the House Energy and Commerce Committee to produce $880 Billion…
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Mississippi Medicaid and Potential Federal Reforms | Issue Brief 2025
The U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee has been tasked with reducing federal spending by $880 billion on programs under its jurisdiction, which includes Medicaid, between 2025 – 2034. Medicaid makes up 93% ($8.2 trillion) of the Committee’s $8.8 trillion mandatory program outlays(1). While these proposed Medicaid reforms are subject…
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Early Intervention Task Force 2023 & 2024
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy, as of 2024, is providing support to the Early Intervention Task Force, established by Senate Bill 2167, 2023 Legislative Session, to study and report on the IDEA Part C Early Intervention System in Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislative Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee (PEER)…
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Early Intervention Task Force, Supporting Information & Data | 2023 Report
To view the print-friendly version, click here. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy is providing supporting information to the Early Intervention Task Force established by Senate Bill 2167, 2023 Legislative Session, to study and report on the IDEA Part C Early Intervention System in Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislative Performance Evaluation…
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Legislative Session 2023 Summary
A Review of Health-Related Bills & Their ImpactDuring the 2023 Legislative Session, the legislature focused on the state’s struggling healthcare system and the post-Roe world…
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Economic Impact of Expanded Health Insurance Coverage for Mississippians Below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level | Issue Brief 2022
To view the print-friendly version, click here. | To view the Technical Report from Hilltop, click here. | To view the Literature Review, click here. | To view the Summary Report, click here. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states have been granted the option of expanding…
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Postpartum Medicaid | 2021 Issue Brief
Addressing gaps in coverage to improve maternal health For the print-friendly version, click here. Receiving medical care at all stages of childbearing from preconception and pregnancy to delivery and postpartum has implications for women’s health, infant health, and later episodes of pregnancy. This brief explores the postpartum period when some…
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Medical Marijuana Programs | 2021 Issue Brief
Commonality of State Policies & Practical Challenges to Implementation To download the print-friendly version, click here. Medical Marijuana Laws (MMLs) have gained support in scientific communities, therapeutic circles, and public opinion over several decades.2,6 Seventy-four percent of Mississippi voters approved an MML during the November 2020 referendum vote.11 Research shows…