Mississippi House Bill 799 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-351, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Health Insurance Companies And Employee Benefit Plans May Limit Telemedicine Coverage To Health Care Providers In Network With The Plan Instead Of In A Telemedicine Network Approved By The Plan; To Amend Section 83-9-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of "store-and-forward Telemedicine Services" For The Purposes Of Coverage And Reimbursement For Those Services; To Revise The Criteria For Qualifying Patients For Remote Patient Monitoring Services; To Delete The Requirement That A Remote Patient Monitoring Prior Authorization Request Be Submitted To Request Telemonitoring Services; To Revise The Provision That Prohibits Placing Geographical Restrictions On The Delivery Of Telemdicine Services To Delete Reference To Services In The Home Setting; To Provide That Health Insurance Companies And Employee Benefit Plans May Limit Telemedicine Coverage To Health Care Providers In Network With The Plan Instead Of In A Telemedicine Network Approved By The Plan; To Prohibit A Health Insurance Or Employee Benefit Plan From Conditioning Payment For Services To A Health Care Provider Or Facility Based Upon The Actions Or Omissions Of Another Health Care Provider Or Facility; And For Related Purposes.

Telemedicine; revise certain provisions relating to coverage and reimbursement for services.

Rep. Sam Mims [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-11	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0799.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0799IN.htm