Division of Medicaid and Dept. of Human Services; revise provisions under the Transparency and Fraud Prevention Act.

HB 1387, which died in committee on February 3, 2026, would have required Mississippi's Medicaid and Department of Human Services to strengthen eligibility verification for Medicaid and SNAP programs. Key provisions included mandating monthly reviews of federal data to confirm eligibility, limiting retroactive Medicaid coverage to two months, requiring verification of non-citizen status using federal systems (restricting benefits to those meeting "eligible alien" criteria), and prohibiting self-attestation of income or assets. The bill would have directly affected Medicaid and SNAP recipients by tightening enrollment and renewal processes, with specific recertification schedules (every six months for non-elderly adults, annually for others). It also required new reports to legislators on fraud prevention efforts and cross-state benefit usage.