Mississippi House Bill 1033 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 25-15-405 And 25-25-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Act To Provide That The Cancer Benefits Under The Act Will Not Be Paid From Insurance Policies But Shall Be Paid By The Attorney General's Office From Funds Appropriated By The Legislature; To Repeal Section 25-15-407, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The Cost Of Purchasing Insurance Policies That Provide For Cancer Coverage Must Be Borne By The First Responders' Employers; To Amend Section 7, Chapter 467, Laws Of 2019, As Last Amended By Section 2, Chapter 364, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Effective Date Of The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Act To Conform With This Act; And For Related Purposes.

First Responders Health and Safety Act; revise to provide that the cancer benefits will be paid by the state and not insurance policies.

Rep. Jeff Hale [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Sam Creekmore [R]	Rep. Casey Eure [R]
Rep. Bob Evans [D]	Rep. Jill Ford [R]	Rep. Dale Goodin [R]	Rep. Kevin Horan [R]
Rep. Bill Pigott [R]	Rep. Randal Rushing [R]	Rep. Donnie Scoggin [R]	Rep. Joseph Tubb [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Insurance;Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	15	405	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	15	407	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
25	15	409	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1033.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1033IN.htm