Mississippi Senate Bill 2779

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Any Health Plan Or Policy Delivered, Issued For Delivery, Or Renewed On Or After January 1, 2025, To Provide Coverage For Hiv Prevention Drugs; To Provide That The Coverage For Sexually Transmitted Infection Counseling, Prevention, And Screening Must Include Coverage For Hiv Prevention Drugs And The Services Necessary For Initiation And Continued Use Of An Hiv Prevention Drug; To Provide That A Carrier Shall Not Require A Covered Person To Undergo Step Therapy Or To Receive Prior Authorization Before A Pharmacist May Dispense An Hiv Infection Prevention Drug, Or A Provider May, Acting Within The Provider's Scope Of Practice, Prescribe Or Dispense A Drug For The Treatment Of Hiv; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Provide Coverage For Hiv Prevention Drugs And Services Related Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

HIV prevention drugs; require health insurance plans and Division of Medicaid to provide coverage for.

Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	Senate	Referred To Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	13	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2779.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2779IN.htm