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March 30, 2016

Rep. Joey Hood’s strike-all amendment on Planned Parenthood bill sends it back to Senate

House OKs bill targeting Planned Parenthood The House of Representatives voted 77-37 Tuesday for a bill that would prohibit state funding from going to any clinic that performs or is affiliated with any entity that performs elective abortions… …Hood offered a strike-all amendment to the original language in the Senate bill, which had said Medicaid…
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March 30, 2016

House takes out Rehab Services from Medicaid, DHS agency consolidation bill

House removes Rehabilitation Services from merger JACKSON – The Mississippi House voted 112-1 on Tuesday to study whether to merge the Division of Medicaid and the Department of Human Services as a cost-savings measure. House Appropriations Chair Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, who offered the study committee proposal, did not include making the Department of Rehabilitation Services…