l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2685

Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE ACT OF 2010"; 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 14 to February 2, 2010, 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 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 days

InsuranceJan 14 to Feb 2 · stopped19 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 14 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published