Bill Text: MS HB522 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health care services policies; prohibit use of discretionary provisions in.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB522 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB522-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Insurance

By: Representative Lamar

House Bill 522

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT POLICIES THAT COVER HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR A DISABILITY FROM CONTAINING PROVISIONS PURPORTING TO RESERVE DISCRETION TO THE HEALTH CARRIER TO INTERPRET THE TERMS OF THE POLICY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  No policy, contract, certificate, endorsement, rider application or agreement offered or issued in this state, by a health carrier, to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for or reimburse any of the costs of health care services or of a disability may contain a provision purporting to reserve discretion to the health carrier to interpret the terms of the policy, contract, certificate, endorsement, rider application or agreement, or to provide standards of interpretation or review that are inconsistent with the laws of this state.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.