Mississippi House Bill 1192 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 22 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-22 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit Health Insurers, Health Care Subscription Plans And Health Maintenance Organizations From Denying Payment For Diagnosis, Treatment, Or Consultation Provided By Telemedicine If That Service Would Be Covered If It Had Been Provided In Person; To Provide That Any Such Entity That Denies Payment For Services Required Under This Act Shall Be Subject To Penalty By The Commissioner Of Insurance For The Cost Of The Denied Service And A Punitive Fine For Each Violation Occurrence; To Provide That All Fines Collected Under This Act Shall Be Paid To The Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund; To Bring Forward Section 83-9-351, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Health Insurance Plans To Provide Coverage For Telemedicine Services, For The Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Section 83-9-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Health Insurance Coverage For Store-and-forward Telemedicine Services, To Bring Forward For The Purposes Of Amendment And To Make Some Minor Nonsubstantive Changes; And For Related Purposes.

Telemedicine; prohibit health insurers from denying payment for services if they would be covered in person.

Rep. Gary Chism [R]

2016-02-29 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-22	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-03-14	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Insurance
2016-03-02	House	Transmitted To Senate
2016-03-02	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2016-03-01	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Carpenter, Chism, Touchstone)
2016-02-29	House	Passed
2016-02-29	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2016-02-25	House	Read the Third Time
2016-02-23	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1192.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1192IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1192CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1192PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/0560042.pdf