Mississippi House Bill 638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 83-9-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise When Certain Health Insurance Policies Must Include Coverage For Treatment Of Mental Illness; To Repeal Section 83-9-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Calculation For Determining An Exemption From The Requirement Of Certain Health Insurance Policies To Cover Treatment Of Mental Illness; To Amend Section 83-9-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Outpatient Mental Illness Coverage Equal To Inpatient And Partial Hospitalization Mental Illness Coverage; And For Related Purposes.

Health insurance; revise when policies must include coverage for mental illness.

Rep. Gary Chism [R]

2014-02-13 - House - House Passed (Y: 114 N: 5 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-02-21	Senate	Referred To Insurance
2014-02-17	House	Transmitted To Senate
2014-02-13	House	Passed
2014-02-13	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2014-02-12	House	Read the Third Time
2014-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0638.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0638IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0638CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0638PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/house/0380022.pdf