Mississippi House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Certain Insurance Policies And Contracts Shall Provide Coverage For Fda-approved Contraceptive Drugs, Devices And Other Products, For Emergency Contraception Available Over-the-counter, For Prescription Contraceptives Intended To Last For Not More Than A Three-month Period For The First Time The Prescription Contraceptive Is Dispensed To The Covered Person And For Not More Than A Twelve-month Period For Any Later Dispensing Of The Same Prescription, For Voluntary Female Sterilization Procedures, For Patient Education And Counseling On Contraception, And For Follow-up Services Related To The Drugs, Devices, Products And Procedures Covered Under This Act; To Provide That The Coverage Provided Under This Act Shall Not Be Subject To Any Deductible, Coinsurance, Copayment Or Any Other Cost-sharing Requirement; To Authorize An Exemption From This Act For Policies And Contracts Purchased By An Employer That Is A Church Or Qualified Church-controlled Organization At The Request Of The Employer; To Amend Section 25-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State And School Employees Health Insurance Plan To Cover The Services And Contraceptive Methods Provided For In The Preceding Provisions; To Create New Section 43-13-117.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Medicaid Coverage For The Services And Contraceptive Methods Provided For In The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.

Contraceptives; require insurers, Medicaid and the State Health Plan to cover without cost sharing.

Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-05	House	Referred To Insurance;Medicaid

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0542.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0542IN.htm