A group of House members on Tuesday signed off on a policy that gives pregnant people a full year of Medicaid coverage after birth, edging the policy closer to winning approval from the entire Legislature.
During its sole meeting of the 2023 session so far, the House Medicaid Committee approved Senate Bill 2212, which expands the state’s current postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months.
“As we find ourselves in this post-Dobbs era, the need exists to both strengthen the social safety net and modernize our approach for helping our state’s most vulnerable citizens,” Republican Rep. Missy McGee of Hattiesburg said during the committee meeting.