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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2668

MS Health Insurance Exchange Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE ACT OF 2009"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EXCHANGE AND EMPOWER THE BOARD TO APPOINT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ORGANIZE FOR BUSINESS; TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE FOR ENROLLMENT AND COVERAGE ELECTION UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION OF PLANS IN THE EXCHANGE; TO PRESCRIBE UNDERWRITING RULES FOR THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE; TO PROVIDE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION; TO PROVIDE FOR PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER PLANS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONS TO INSURANCE PRODUCERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 83-61-1 THROUGH 83-61-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, KNOWN AS THE "VOLUNTARY BASIC HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE LAW", FOR PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

January 15 to March 3, 2009, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 1228 days

InsuranceJan 15 to Feb 319 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

InsuranceFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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.

In the Senate Jan 15 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 13Sent to the House
  2. Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To InsuranceSenate
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 12PassedSenate
  5. Feb 13Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 17Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives