Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 816
Health insurance policies; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to approve or disapprove premium rates.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "SMALL EMPLOYER" AND "SMALL GROUP" AS USED IN THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGULATING ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE PREMIUM RATES FOR ALL POLICIES OF ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE BASED UPON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION, AND TO REQUIRE A HEARING ON A DISAPPROVAL OF RATE CHANGE IF REQUESTED IN WRITING BY THE INSURER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-9-303, 83-63-3, 83-63-7 AND 83-41-331, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 20 to April 3, 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.
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 13
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Insurance
- Feb 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 13Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 14 – Apr 3
- Mar 14Sent to the Senate
- Mar 16Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
- Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate