Bill Text: MS SB2710 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2710 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Health care payers; require to follow same criteria for hospital inpatient admissions as those used under Medicare Part A.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [SB2710 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2020-SB2710-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Insurance

By: Senator(s) Michel

Senate Bill 2710

AN ACT TO REQUIRE PAYERS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO FOLLOW THE SAME CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE REASONABLENESS AND NECESSITY OF HOSPITAL INPATIENT ADMISSIONS AS THOSE USED UNDER MEDICARE PART A; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. In order to improve efficiencies and consistencies for health care providers, payers and patients, payers for health care services authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi by the Mississippi Department of Insurance shall be required to follow the same criteria for determining the reasonableness and necessity of hospital inpatient admissions as those used under Medicare Part A, commonly referred to as the Two-Midnight Rule.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.