l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1413

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 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

February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

InsuranceFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Insurance;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives