Mississippi House Bill 616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit Unfair Discrimination Against Subjects Of Abuse In Health Benefit Plans; To Define Certain Terms; To Prescribe Unfairly Discriminatory Acts Relating To Health Benefit Plans; To Require Justification Of Adverse Insurance Decisions Which Affect An Applicant Or Insured On The Basis Of A Medical Condition That The Health Carrier Knows Or Has Reason To Know Is Abuse-related; To Require Health Carriers To Develop And Adhere To Protocols For Subjects Of Abuse; To Authorize The Commissioner Of Insurance To Enforce The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 83-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Health benefit plans; prohibit unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse.

Rep. Bob Evans [D]

Rep. Frances Fredericks [D]

Rep. Sherra Hillman Lane [D]

Rep. Brandon Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-12		Referred To Insurance;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0616.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0616IN.htm