Mississippi Senate Bill 2703

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Ensure Access To Eye Care Services And Materials For Patients Through Transparent And Fair Business Practices; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Transparency And Disclosure Requirements For Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Provide For Covered And Noncovered Services And Material In Insurance Policies; To Prohibit Certain Coercive Tactics By Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Provide For Credentialing And Contracting Requirements For Insurers Or Vision Benefit Managers; To Prohibit Changing The Terms Of Provider Agreements; To Authorize Eye Care Providers To Use Any Lab Or Supplier; To Prohibit Extrapolation; To Provide A Private Right Of Action For Eye Care Providers; To Provide For Enforcement Of This Act By The Mississippi Commissioner Of Insurance And The Attorney General; And For Related Purposes.

Eye care services and materials for patients; provide requirements for insurers and vision benefit managers.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2026-01-19	Senate	Referred To Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2703.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2703IN.htm