Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 12, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2861
Small employer group health insurance policies; prohibit exclusion for preexisting conditions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY GROUP HOSPITAL, HEALTH OR MEDICAL EXPENSE INSURANCE POLICY, HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL SERVICE CONTRACT, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, OR ANY OTHER INSURANCE CONTRACT OF THIS TYPE, WHICH IS DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE TO A SMALL EMPLOYER SHALL NOT DENY, EXCLUDE OR LIMIT BENEFITS FOR A COVERED INDIVIDUAL FOR LOSSES DUE TO A PREEXISTING CONDITION; 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 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days
InsuranceJan 19 to Feb 315 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 12
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
- Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To InsuranceSenate
- Feb 3Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 12Died On CalendarSenate