Any applicant or recipient, inclusive of the grantee relative of a dependent child who refuses to cooperate with or to provide reasonable assistance to the Division of Medicaid against a liable third party in accordance with Section 43-13-125, Mississippi Code of 1972, or fails to pay over to the Division of Medicaid third-party payments as provided in this article, or fails or refuses to cooperate with the local county department of public welfare shall not be eligible for Medicaid benefits under the Mississippi Medicaid Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-307
Loss of eligibility upon refusal to cooperate with Division or local agency
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Mississippi Division of Medicaid v. Pittman ex rel. Pittman (2015)
Most recently applied in 171 So. 3d 583 - Mississippi Division of Medicaid v. Melissa Pittman (June 2015)
Laws, 1985, ch. 497, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1985.
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