As Amended
SEC. 41-86-11 Administering agency; powers and duties; rules and regulations; reports; contracting.
(1) The administering agency shall adopt, in accordance with Section
25-43-1
et seq.,
rules and regulations for the implementation of the program, and for
the coordination of the program
with the state's other medical assistance programs.
(2) If the Division of Medicaid is designated as the administering agency
for the program, the division
shall have all of the authority set forth in Section 43-13-101
et seq.
(3) The administering agency shall make reports to the federal government
and to the Legislature on
the providing of benefits to those children under the program.
(4) (a) If the commission provides that the administering agency will
have such authority, the
administering agency shall execute a contract or contracts to provide
the health care coverage and
services under the program, after first receiving bids. The contract
or contracts may be executed
with one or more corporations or associations authorized to do business
in Mississippi. All of the
coverage and services to be provided under the program may be included
in one or more similar
contracts, or the coverage and services may be classified into different
types with each type included
under one or more similar contracts issued by the same or different
corporations or associations.
(b) The administering agency shall execute a contract or contracts with
one or more corporations or
associations that have submitted the best and most cost-effective bids,
or shall reject all bids. If the
administering agency rejects all bids, it shall notify all bidders
of the rejection and shall actively solicit
new bids.
Source: Laws, 1998, Ch. 572, § 6, SB 2174, eff April 17,
1998, and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2001.