Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2813
Health insurance; prohibit issuance of policy restricting insurer from assigning benefits to provider.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE ISSUANCE OF HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES THAT RESTRICT THE INSURER FROM ASSIGNING BENEFITS TO THE HEALTH PROVIDER; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INSURED PROVIDES THE INSURER WITH WRITTEN DIRECTIONS THAT THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY A HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY SHALL BE PAID TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RENDERING SERVICES, THEN THE INSURER SHALL PAY DIRECTLY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
InsuranceFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.