2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 13 - Medical Assistance for the Aged; Medicaid.
43-13-7 - Obligations upon the administering agency.

§ 43-13-7. Obligations upon the administering agency.
 

The administering agency, in providing medical assistance for the aged, shall: 
 

(1) Include some institutional and some noninstitutional medical care; 

(2) Provide an opportunity for hearing before an appeals and review body within the agency for any applicant whose application is denied upon request by such applicant, who has been denied the opportunity to apply for such assistance, whose application has not been acted upon with reasonable promptness, whose benefit hereunder has not been forthcoming with reasonable promptness after a determination of eligibility and approval of the application has been made, whose benefit authorization has been revoked, and/or whose benefit authorization is reduced; 

(3) Provide that, in the issuance of regulations, no enrollment fee, premium, or similar charge may be imposed as a condition of the individual's eligibility for such assistance; 

(4) Provide for the furnishing of such assistance to residents of the state who are temporarily absent therefrom; 

(5) Publish and make available a description of services to be provided to help recipients attain self-care including utilization of other agencies providing similar or related services; 

(6) Provide safeguards which restrict the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients to purposes directly connected with the administration of the state program; 

(7) Establish reasonable standards for determining eligibility for and the extent of such assistance; 

(8) Provide that no lien will be imposed on the property of the recipient prior to his death and that there will be no recovery until after death from such a recipient and the surviving spouse, if any, for any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of such recipient; and 

(9) Promulgate no citizenship requirement for eligibility which excludes a citizen of the United States. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7290-04; Laws,  1964, ch. 446, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved June 11, 1964).