Rep. John Lamar (R-MS) introduced HB1013 to the Mississippi legislature this week. (Source: WLBT) By Sharie Nicole | January 22, 2021 at 12:06 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 2:50 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Mississippi lawmaker wants to restructure the state’s Medicaid division in a way that would alter the authority over the billion-dollar pot of federal funds in the Magnolia State.
Rep. John Lamar (R-MS) introduced HB1013 to the Mississippi legislature this week.
Right now, the Division of Medicaid is in the Office of Governor Tate Reeves, but HB1013 ends that setup and shifts the power to a commission with an executive director.
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Candace McNeil, an Olive Branch mother of two, said she’s received payments for as little as 25 cents through the Mississippi child support enforcement program.
The same program resulted in one Greenville father losing his driver’s license, an especially brutal punishment for someone who earns a living driving trucks.
Dowayne Charlot, who now lives in Louisiana, cycled in and out of jail for a decade after letting his child support debts pile up, eventually winding up in a modern-day Mississippi debtors prison.