---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for services provided by a licensed freestanding psychiatric hospital."
description: "Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for services provided by a licensed freestanding psychiatric hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2268"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2268 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4a0bc6-c849-4f54-8479-30fada69b7f6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "2dcc236bd0148166832c608f6362b5515f964f0b916b8fbc2ad0bf1e4740218c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2268 (2019) — Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for services provided by a licensed freestanding psychiatric hospital.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2268IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2268.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2268PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2268_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2268SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson_(32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ME To AP
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: ME To AP
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To ME
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4a0bc6-c849-4f54-8479-30fada69b7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).