MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 41-86-13 Funding; source; effect on program.

(1) The Division of Medicaid shall receive state appropriations for the program and
federal matching funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program established by Title XXI
of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the division shall provide those funds to the
administering agency for the administration of the program. The Legislature shall include those funds
as a line item in the appropriation to the Division of Medicaid.

(2) The program is subject to the availability of state funds specifically appropriated by the
Legislature for the purpose of the program and federal matching funds under the State Children's
Health Insurance Program established by Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended.
The division may limit enrollment as necessary to ensure that the costs of the program do not exceed
the total amount of state and federal funds appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.

Source: Laws, 1998, Ch. 572, § 7, SB 2174, eff April 17, 1998, and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2001.
 


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