---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Medicaid Program; make technical amendments to reimbursements and administration."
description: "Mississippi Medicaid Program; make technical amendments to reimbursements and administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2799"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2799 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ec7d1e-3582-4ee7-9057-10cc8da5d46a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "3d7f1a6af44709dea0a12f6f2570a5d4d0d13578b506b5f7ed3fb20f270f72c1"
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 2799 (2021) — Mississippi Medicaid Program; make technical amendments to reimbursements and administration.

## 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/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2799_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2799_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2799.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2799_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **47–4** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **47–4** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **96–24** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **116–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Hood, Deweese)
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Died On Calendar
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by SCR535
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Blackwell,Wiggins,Bryan
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hood,White,Mims
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Recommit Lost
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85ec7d1e-3582-4ee7-9057-10cc8da5d46a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).