l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 870

Health care patient; not liable to provider if health insurance doesn't pay because provider files claim too late.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PATIENT OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY PART OF THE COST OF ANY SERVICE PROVIDED FOR THE PATIENT BY THE PROVIDER THAT THE PATIENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN DOES NOT REIMBURSE TO THE PROVIDER BECAUSE THE PROVIDER DID NOT FILE THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT WITH THE PLAN WITHIN THE TIME REQUIRED BY THE PLAN; 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 21 to February 5, 2013, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

InsuranceJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5

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