§ 43-13-1. Citation of article

This article shall be known as and may be cited as the “Medical Assistance for the Aged Law.”

§ 43-13-11. Program administration and vendor payments

The administering agency is authorized to contract with other state government and nongovernment agencies and organizations in the State of Mississippi for purposes of performing all or part of the administrative aspects of medical or remedial care programs herein authorized, paying a reasonable fee for such service.

§ 43-13-13. Penalties

Any person, making application for benefits under this article for himself or for another person, and any vendor, who knowingly makes a false statement or false representation or fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or payment under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor […]

§ 43-13-3. Definitions

Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning as used in this article: “Medical assistance for the aged” means payment of part or all of the cost of the following care and services provided for persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older who are not recipients of old age assistance but whose income and […]

§ 43-13-5. Medical assistance for the aged

The State Department of Public Welfare, after having made a determination with respect to eligibility with due regard to the resources and income of the applicant, may make vendor payments on behalf of eligible individuals for such care as may be authorized within the limits of available funds, provided that such medical or remedial care […]

§ 43-13-7. Obligations upon the administering agency

The administering agency, in providing medical assistance for the aged, shall: Include some institutional and some noninstitutional medical care; Provide an opportunity for hearing before an appeals and review body within the agency for any applicant whose application is denied upon request by such applicant, who has been denied the opportunity to apply for such […]

§ 43-13-9. Medical advisory committee

The state board of public welfare shall appoint a medical advisory committee consisting of not less than nine (9) nor more than twenty (20) physicians from among nominees made by the Mississippi State Medical Association whose respective tenures of service shall be not less than two (2) nor more than four (4) years. Members of […]