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). Laws, 1998, ch. 572, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 532, § 5; Laws, 2012, ch. 334, § 4, eff. 1/1/2013.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 488, HB 1275, 6, eff. 7/1/2014.
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