SNAP and Medicaid benefits; persons who are not US citizens are not eligible for unless meet definition of an eligible alien.

HB 1513 would have required Mississippi to deny SNAP and Medicaid benefits to non-U.S. citizens unless they met specific federal definitions of "eligible aliens" under immigration law. The bill mandated verification of citizenship or immigration status using the federal SAVE system during enrollment and renewal, and required state agencies to report unverified cases to federal authorities. It also imposed new requirements on hospitals to collect and report patient immigration status during admissions. The bill died in committee in February 2026 and did not become law.