​Joey Hood

Mar 1, 2023: ​Miami Herald: Mississippi House panel OKs longer Medicaid after births
​House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, speaks with reporters at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, after the committee passed legislation that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to a year.

Feb 27, 2023: Mississippi Today: ​Speaker Philip Gunn will not block postpartum Medicaid extension from House passage
House Speaker Philip Gunn on Monday said he won’t block extension of postpartum Medicaid coverage for Mississippi mothers, following fellow Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ lead from Sunday.

Feb 1, 2023: Mississippi Today: ​Survey: Majority of lawmakers support postpartum Medicaid extension
House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood said he will call a committee meeting for Tuesday, the deadline to keep postpartum extension legislation alive by committee passage. The measure is expected to pass.

Mar 26, 2016: Daily Journal: House approves execution by firing squad
But Rep. Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, said both Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood supported the legislation. Joey Hood said the bill was needed because efforts were being made by opponents of the death penalty to acquire the names of those involved in executions to make it more difficult to carry out the death penalty.