Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2485
Health insurance; prohibit policies that restrict insured from assigning benefits to provider.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE ISSUANCE OF HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES THAT RESTRICT AN INSURED FROM ASSIGNING BENEFITS TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INSURED PROVIDES AN INSURER WITH WRITTEN DIRECTIONS THAT BENEFITS BE PAID TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RENDERING SERVICES, THEN THE INSURER SHALL PAY DIRECTLY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; 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
February 17 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days
InsuranceFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 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.