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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 578

Store & forward telemedicine services; health insurance plans must provide coverage to same extent as in-person services.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 13, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-9-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS IN THIS STATE TO PROVIDE COVERAGE AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR STORE AND FORWARD TELEMEDICINE SERVICES AND REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING SERVICES AND PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR STORE AND FOR WORD TELEMEDICINE SERVICES TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT THE SERVICES WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF THEY WERE PROVIDED THROUGH IN-PERSON CONSULTATION; TO DEFINE "STORE AND FORWARD TELEMEDICINE SERVICES" AND "REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING SERVICES"; TO AMEND SECTION 25-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 83-9-351 AND 41-127-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 20 to February 13, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days

InsuranceJan 20 to Jan 3010 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 20 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 13Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 13Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives