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MS Code § 41-86-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 86 - Mississippi Children's Health Care Insurance Program Act|§ 41-86-9. Transfer of health insurance program from State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to the Division of Medicaid

 On January 1, 2013, the Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program and the current contract for insurance services shall be transferred from the State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to the Division of Medicaid, and the division shall be responsible for the implementation and administration of the Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program in accordance with federal law and regulations and this chapter from and after January 1, 2013. The Health Insurance Management Board shall be responsible for any audit or claims processing issues for the period during which the board administered the program. Effective January 1, 2015, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the division is authorized to operate the program as described under Section 43-13-117(H).
MS Code § 41-86-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 86 - Mississippi Children's Health Care Insurance Program Act|§ 41-86-11. Implementation of program by Division of Medicaid; reports; contracting

  The division shall adopt, in accordance with Section 25-43-1.101 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.   The division shall have all of the authority set forth in Section 43-13-101 et seq. in administering the program.   The division shall make reports to the federal government and to the Legislature on the providing of benefits to those children under the program.   The division shall execute a contract or contracts to provide the health care coverage and services under the program in a manner that is consistent with all federal and state procurement regulations.
MS Code § 41-86-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 86 - Mississippi Children's Health Care Insurance Program Act|§ 41-86-13. Funding; source; effect on program

  The division shall receive state appropriations for the program and federal matching funds under the Children's Health Insurance Program established by Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, for the administration of the program. The Legislature shall include those funds as a line item in the appropriation to the division.   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 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.
MS Code § 41-86-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 86 - Mississippi Children's Health Care Insurance Program Act|§ 41-86-15. Eligibility for benefits

 Persons eligible to receive covered benefits under this chapter shall be low-income children who meet the eligibility standards set forth in the State Child Health Plan. Any person who is eligible for benefits under the Mississippi Medicaid Law, Section 43-13-101 et seq., shall not be eligible to receive benefits under this chapter. A person who is without insurance coverage at the time of application for the program and who meets the other eligibility criteria in the plan shall be eligible to receive covered benefits under the program.
MS Code § 41-87-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers.
MS Code § 41-87-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-3. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that there is an urgent and substantial need to develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system of early intervention services, which is family centered and community based, for all eligible infants and toddlers and their families.
MS Code § 41-87-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-11. Responsibilities of lead agency; participating agencies to cooperate with lead agency and council

  The lead agency shall have the following responsibilities in the implementation of this chapter:   General administering and supervising programs and activities receiving Part C funds and the monitoring of programs and activities used by the state to carry out this chapter, whether or not such programs or activities are receiving Part C funds, to ensure that the state complies with this chapter;   Identifying and coordinating all available financial resources within the state from federal, state, local and private sources;   Developing procedures to ensure that services are provided to eligible children and their families in a timely manner pending the resolution of any disputes among public agencies or service providers;   Ensuring effective implementation of procedural safeguards by each public agency in the state that is involved in the provision of early intervention services;   Entering into formal interagency agreements that define the financial responsibility of each agency for paying for early intervention services (consistent with other state laws) and procedures for resolving intra- and interagency disputes and that include all additional components necessary to ensure meaningful cooperation;   Entering into contracts with agencies within a local community which have been designated by the lead agency as being a primary service agency within the community;   Developing procedures to ensure that available services are provided to eligible children and their families in a timely manner, pending the resolution of disputes among public agencies or service providers;   Resolving individual disputes in accordance with the regulations;   Adopting and using proper methods of administering each program including:   Monitoring of agencies, institutions and organizations receiving assistance under Part C of Public Law 102-119;   Enforcing of any obligations imposed on those agencies providing early intervention services according to Part C of Public Law 102-119 and the standards of the state;   Providing technical assistance to agencies in the program;   Correction of deficiencies that are identified through monitoring;     Establishing state policies related to how services to children eligible under this chapter and their families will be paid for under the state's early intervention system in accordance with federal regulations;   Development of policies, standards and regulations necessary for implementation of the state early intervention plan that are in compliance with the federal regulations; and   Provision of technical assistance to localities in the establishment and operation of local interagency coordinating councils which may also be designated as primary service agencies for an area.     All participating agencies shall cooperate with the lead agency and the council in the implementation of this chapter.
MS Code § 41-87-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-12. Local interagency coordinating councils; duties; membership

  For the purposes of this chapter, the state council will recognize or facilitate the formation of district and local interagency councils to plan and coordinate services, in conjunction with the district office of the lead agency, for eligible infants and toddlers and their families who reside within the county or counties served by the councils. Local councils may enter into contractual agreements with the lead agency to become primary service agencies.   The duties of local interagency coordinating councils shall include:   Identifying existing early intervention services and resources;   Identifying gaps in the service delivery system and developing strategies to address these gaps;   Identifying alternative funding sources;   Facilitating the development of interagency agreements and supporting the development of service coalitions;   Assisting in the implementation of policies and procedures that will promote interagency collaboration;   Developing local procedures and determining mechanisms for implementing policies and procedures in accordance with state and federal statutes and regulations;   Developing a local interagency plan for the coordination of early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;   Collecting necessary and appropriate data on early intervention service provision in the area;   Serving as the fiscal and or contracting agent for a local community for the provision of early intervention services, training or planning.     Local interagency coordinating councils shall be composed of community members who are interested in supporting coordinated early intervention services, representatives of all local agencies serving infants and toddlers, medical professionals, public and private service providers, parents of persons with disabilities, community and business leaders and local agencies.
MS Code § 41-87-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-13. Services provided to infants and toddlers and their families upon implementation of early intervention plan; individualized family service plan to serve as comprehensive service plan for all agencies

  Upon full implementation of the early intervention system, eligible infants and toddlers and their families shall receive the following, at no cost to the parents:   A comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation and assessment of the needs of the infant and toddler and the concerns, priorities and resources of the family, and the identification of services to meet such needs;   An explanation of the assessment and all service options in the family's native language or through an interpreter for the deaf, if necessary, accommodating cultural differences;   A written individualized family service plan developed according to the federal Part C regulations and the state guidelines and the recommendations by a multidisciplinary team with the parents as fully participating members of the team;   Case management/service coordination services; and   Procedural safeguards as outlined in state policy and according to the regulations.     The individualized family service plan shall serve as the singular comprehensive service plan for all agencies involved in providing early intervention services to the infant or toddler and the family. Service plans from other agencies should be incorporated into the individualized family service plan on an individual basis.   The contents of the individualized family service plan shall be fully explained to the parents or guardian, and informed written consent from such parents or guardian shall be obtained before the provision of early intervention services described in such plan. If such parents or guardian do not provide consent with respect to a particular early intervention service, then the early intervention services to which such consent is obtained shall be provided.
MS Code § 41-87-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-15. Additional federal and state funding to be used to supplement and increase existing funding

 Any federal funds made available to the state through Part C and any additional state funds appropriated for early intervention services after July 1, 1990, shall be used to supplement and increase the level of state, local and other federal funds that were expended for eligible children and their families before July 1, 1990. Funds provided under Part C may not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services that would have been paid for from another public or private source if Part C money did not exist, except that whenever necessary to prevent a delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention services by the infant or toddler or family in a timely fashion, Part C funds may be used to pay the provider of the services pending reimbursement to the lead agency from the agency that has ultimate responsibility for the payment.
MS Code § 41-87-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-17. Implementation of early intervention program

 Full implementation of the early intervention system according to the timelines and objectives established by collaborative participating agencies is contingent upon adequate and continuing state and/or federal funding.
MS Code § 41-87-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 87 - Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-87-19. Review of budgets and policies of participating agencies; financial responsibility

 The lead agency shall review the proposed budgets and policies of the participating agencies as they effect implementation of the coordinated interagency early intervention system in the state. The State Legislature through its budgetary and appropriations process shall have final responsibility for assignment of financial responsibility in the state.
MS Code § 41-88-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 88 - Mississippi Child Immunization Act of 1994|§ 41-88-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Child Immunization Act of 1994."
MS Code § 41-88-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 88 - Mississippi Child Immunization Act of 1994|§ 41-88-3. Administration of child vaccination program by State Department of Health; duties; responsibilities

  The State Department of Health is responsible for assuring that all children in the state are appropriately immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases. In order to improve the state's immunization levels in children, the State Department of Health shall enhance current immunization activities and focus on children receiving all recommended immunizations by twenty-four (24) months of age. The immunizations shall be administered according to the recommendations of the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The administration of vaccine shall not be delayed due to a reluctance of the health-care provider to administer multiple immunizations in a visit. The department shall improve parent compliance and provide more timely scheduling, recall and follow-up in order to achieve national and state immunization level goals.   The State Department of Health shall establish a statewide childhood immunization registry to which all health-care providers will report the administration of childhood immunizations. The State Board of Health will promulgate rules and regulations needed to implement this section. The department shall make information regarding the immunization status of children in the registry available to the parents/guardians of the child, health-care providers and individuals or organizations that are required to report on the immunizations status of children in their care.
MS Code § 41-90-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 90 - Hearing Impairment of Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-90-1. Screening of newborns for hearing impairment; notification of parents

  The physician attending any newborn child in a hospital in this state, or the person attending any newborn child in a hospital in this state if the child is not attended by a physician, shall cause the child, if available, to be screened or evaluated to determine if the child has a potential hearing impairment, using methods and procedures prescribed by the State Department of Health. If it is determined by such screening or evaluation that a newborn child in a hospital in this state may have a hearing impairment, the physician or other person attending the child shall (a) refer the child for confirmatory testing, and (b) make reasonable efforts to promptly notify the child's parents or guardian that the child may have a hearing impairment and shall explain to them the potential effect of such impairment on the development of the child's speech and language skills.   For the purposes of this section, the term "hearing impairment" means a dysfunction of the auditory system of any type or degree that is sufficient that it may interfere with the acquisition and development of speech and language skills with or without the use of sound amplification. No health-care provider shall be civilly liable for the failure to conduct such screening or evaluation.
MS Code § 41-90-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 90 - Hearing Impairment of Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-90-3. Legislative findings

 Based on information from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and others who have completed extensive research on early identification of children with hearing loss, the Legislature finds an urgent need to establish an early identification system and a comprehensive service delivery system of developmentally appropriate services for infants and toddlers with hearing impairments and their families.
MS Code § 41-90-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 90 - Hearing Impairment of Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-90-7. Appointment of advisory committee

 The State Health Officer shall appoint an advisory committee of at least nine (9) members that may include physician(s), audiologist(s), educator(s), parent(s) and others as appropriate. The committee shall provide advice to the State Interagency Coordinating Council established under Section 41-87-7, and the State Department of Health on issues regarding this chapter and its provisions. The committee shall be created so that members serve for three (3) years and one-third (1/3) of its members are retired annually, unless reappointed.
MS Code § 41-90-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 90 - Hearing Impairment of Infants and Toddlers|§ 41-90-9. Fiscal support for Department of Health

  The Legislature, knowing that hearing is essential to appropriate language development which is, in turn, directly related to communication skills and the ultimate ability of a child to attain his or her best level of education, and finding limited resources available in the state and few providers qualified to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic services to infants and toddlers identified through the early hearing detection and intervention program, finds it necessary to supplement the efforts of the State Department of Health as lead agency for the implementation of Part C of IDEA in its efforts to identify and provide developmentally appropriate services to hearing impaired infants and toddlers and their families.   To assure the best possible developmental outcomes for infants and toddlers identified through the early hearing detection and intervention program, the Legislature shall provide fiscal support to the infant and toddler early intervention program of the State Department of Health to:   Establish positions reasonable and appropriate to insure that the provisions of this chapter are carried out;   Procure equipment to achieve universal hearing screening of one hundred percent (100%) of live births;   Procure diagnostic equipment necessary to identify the cause of the child's hearing impairment and plan an appropriate course of therapeutic services;   Assist with the establishment of training programs on the education of hearing impaired children in the colleges and universities of the state;   Assist with in-service training of existing providers of services to the hearing impaired population of the state to increase their skill in providing developmentally appropriate services to infants and toddlers and their families;   Contract directly with individuals identified as qualified providers of services; and   Provide training for appropriate staff of schools and school districts to insure the successful transition of children upon reaching age three (3) from Part C to services under Part B of IDEA through schools across the state or other appropriate services.
MS Code § 41-91-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 91 - Central Cancer Registry|§ 41-91-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Cancer Registry Act.
MS Code § 41-91-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 91 - Central Cancer Registry|§ 41-91-3. Definitions

 The following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Board" means the State Board of Health.   "Department" means the State Department of Health.
MS Code § 41-91-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 91 - Central Cancer Registry|§ 41-91-5. Department to establish and maintain central cancer registry; central data bank; use of data

  The department may establish and maintain a central cancer registry for the state.   The cancer registry shall be a central data bank of accurate, precise and current information that medical authorities agree serves as an invaluable tool in the early recognition, prevention, cure and control of cancer. Registry data can be used to plan and evaluate cancer control measures in the areas of risk assessment, prevention, early detection, patient care, public and professional education and clinical research.
MS Code § 41-91-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 91 - Central Cancer Registry|§ 41-91-7. Board to adopt rules and regulations; powers of board

  The board may adopt rules and regulations that the board considers necessary to implement this chapter.   The board in its rules and regulations shall specify the types of information to be provided to cancer registry and the persons and entities who are required to provide such information to the cancer registry.   The department may:   Execute contracts that the department considers necessary;   Receive the data from medical records of cases of cancer that are in the custody or under the control of clinical laboratories, hospitals, physician's offices and cancer treatment centers or other health-care providers to record and analyze the data related to those diseases;   Compile and publish statistical and other studies derived from the patient data obtained under this chapter to provide, in an accessible form, information that is useful to physicians, other medical personnel and the general public;   Comply with requirements as necessary to obtain federal funds in the maximum amounts and most advantageous proportions possible; and   Receive and use gifts made for the purpose of this chapter.
MS Code § 41-91-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 91 - Central Cancer Registry|§ 41-91-9. Department to publish reports with other cancer reporting organizations and research institutions

 The department, in cooperation with other cancer reporting organizations and research institutions, may publish reports the department determines are necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose of this chapter.