2013 Mississippi Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 13 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED; MEDICAID
Article 3 - MEDICAID
§ 43-13-117.3 - Study on implementation of pilot program to provide bariatric surgery in the morbidly obese as a treatment option
The Division of Medicaid, in consultation with the State Department of Health and the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, is authorized and directed to study the feasibility of implementing a pilot program to provide bariatric surgery in the morbidly obese as a treatment option in an effort to reduce the financial and clinical burden of morbid obesity upon the Medicaid program and the citizens of Mississippi. If a pilot program is deemed feasible, that such a program be implemented and a report of findings and recommendations be prepared and provided to the Office of the Governor and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Public Health and Welfare Committees and the Chairman of the House Medicaid Committee in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program.
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