Mississippi Senate Bill 2631 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-29 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-351, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "telemedicine" As Used In The Statute Requiring Health Insurance Plans To Provide Coverage For Telemedicine Services; To Require Health Insurance And Employee Benefit Plans To Reimburse Providers For Telemedicine Services Using The Proper Medical Codes; To Provide That Reimbursement Of Expenses For Covered Health Care Services Provided During A Telemedicine Encounter Must Be Established Through Negotiations In The Same Manner As The Health Insurance Entity Establishes Reimbursement Of Expenses For Covered Health Care Services Delivered By In-person Means; And For Related Purposes.

Health insurance; revise mandated coverage for telemedicine services.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

2021-03-09 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 112 N: 4 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-29	Senate	Died In Conference
2021-03-22	House	Conferees Named Zuber,Ford (54th),Guice
2021-03-16	Senate	Conferees Named Michel,Boyd,Kirby
2021-03-12	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2021-03-10	House	Returned For Concurrence
2021-03-09	House	Passed As Amended
2021-03-09	House	Amended
2021-03-01	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2021-02-24	House	Referred To Insurance
2021-02-11	Senate	Transmitted To House
2021-02-09	Senate	Passed As Amended
2021-02-09	Senate	Amended
2021-02-09	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2021-01-28	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
83	9	351	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2631.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2631IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2631CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2631PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/SB2631_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/ham/SB2631_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/senate/0360025.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0640014.pdf