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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 551

Uniform hospital claims form; Insurance Commissioner develop to use for all hospital services reimbursement claims.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO DEVELOP A UNIFORM HOSPITAL CLAIMS FORM THAT MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA; TO REQUIRE EVERY HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES TO USE AND ACCEPT ONLY THE UNIFORM HOSPITAL CLAIMS FORM DEVELOPED UNDER THIS ACT FOR ALL CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR INDEMNIFICATION FOR THE COST OF HOSPITAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO AN INSURED; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY USE THE UNIFORM HOSPITAL CLAIMS FORM TO FILE A CLAIM WITH ANY HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS AN INSURED; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

11 co-sponsors

Gene Alday, William Tracy Arnold, Manly Barton, Randy P. Boyd, Gary Chism, Becky Currie, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Esther Harrison, Bill Kinkade, Gary V. Staples, Jerry R. Turner

Its course

January 20 to March 4, 2014, 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Jan 277 days

InsuranceJan 20 to Jan 233 days

In the SenateJan 27 to Mar 4 · stopped36 days

InsuranceFeb 14 to Mar 4 · stopped18 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 5

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 20 – Jan 27

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Jan 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 27Passed the House

In the Senate Jan 27 – Mar 4

  1. Jan 27Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Brown (66th), Chism and Busby)
  2. Feb 5Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Feb 7Sent to the Senate
  6. Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  7. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 23Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 27PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 27Motion to Reconsider Entered (Brown (66th), Chism, Busby)House of Representatives
  5. Feb 5ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 5AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 5Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 14Referred To InsuranceSenate
  10. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate