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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi HB 835 requires State Department of Health to issue Certificates of Need for home health agencies in Copiah and Stone Counties
Last action · February 3, 2026: 02/03 (H) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Sam Creekmore
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 835 amends Mississippi health care facility regulations to require the State Department of Health to issue Certificates of Need to a post-acute care in-home health provider participating in the for establishing home health agencies in Copiah County and Stone County, effective July 1, 2026.
Expands access to specialized services for residents in Copiah and Stone counties by bypassing standard regulatory review barriers for eligible CMS participants.
- Certificate of Need (CON) laws are state regulatory mechanisms intended to restrain healthcare costs and allow hospital and medical facility expansion only where demonstrated need exists. context
- The CMS GUIDE Model is a federal healthcare initiative by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services designed to support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Post-acute care in-home health providers
CMS GUIDE Model participants meeting criteria are mandated to receive Certificates of Need to establish agencies in Copiah and Stone counties.
Residents of Copiah and Stone Counties
Gain access to new in-home health care, palliative care, hospice care, and physician or nurse practitioner house calls.
State Department of Health
Required to issue Certificates of Need to qualifying providers without enforcing standard need projection hearings.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 3, 2026House02/03 (H) Died In Committee
- Jan 16, 2026HouseCommittee01/16 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;State Affairs
Version history
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Bypassing Standard Health Plan Projections
The bill explicitly waives standard substantial compliance with projections of need reported in the State Health Plan for CMS GUIDE Model participants in Copiah and Stone counties.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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