l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1378

"Honoring Patients' Assignment of Benefits Act"; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE HONORING PATIENTS' ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE COVERED ENTITIES TO PAY BENEFITS TO A NONPARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO RENDERS THE SAME SERVICE AS A PARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER THAT IS COVERED FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE HEALTH CONTRACT; TO REQUIRE THE NONPARTICIPATING PROVIDER TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS; TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCESS BY WHICH PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE; TO PENALIZE A COVERED ENTITY THAT FAILS TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS; TO PRESCRIBE THE METHOD TO BE FOLLOWED TO CORRECT THE WRONGFUL PAYMENT OF BENEFITS; TO REQUIRE THAT NOTICE OF A DISPUTE REGARDING THE LEGITIMACY OF A CLAIM OR THE APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT BE PROVIDED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER RECEIPT OF THE CLAIM; TO PROVIDE THAT ACCEPTANCE OF AN ASSIGNMENT IS NOT AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE COVERED ENTITY'S FEE SCHEDULE; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives