Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2771
Mississippi Health Care Fair Billing Act; require health care facilities and providers to itemize charges, etc.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE FAIR BILLING ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND PROVIDERS SHALL ITEMIZE ALL SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS SUBMITTING BILLS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRICE THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS CHARGE FOR SERVICES SHALL BE THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE FOR THAT SERVICE; TO DIRECT THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ASSIST PATIENTS WITH FILING BILLING DISPUTES REGARDING CHARGES PURSUANT TO THE FAIR CREDIT BILLING ACT; 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
January 19 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.
In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate