Death Certificate Laws, Ending Limits for Prosecuting Sexual Battery: #MSLeg Roundup
Mississippi could lift the statute of limitations for sexual battery, reform death certificate laws and let hunters wear pink under Mississippi House bills.
Mississippi could lift the statute of limitations for sexual battery, reform death certificate laws and let hunters wear pink under Mississippi House bills.
A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.
Mississippi could start providing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in a bid to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.
A “sweeping series of Medicaid reimbursement reforms” could bring Mississippi’s hospitals an extra $689 million yearly, Gov. Tate Reeves announced at a Thursday press conference in Jackson, Miss.
New Mississippi mothers who cannot afford health insurance could continue receiving Medicaid for a year post-birth after Mississippi House lawmakers advanced a bill this morning that would extend coverage beyond the state’s current two-month limit.
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