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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 638

Health insurance; revise when policies must include coverage for mental illness.

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 AMEND SECTION 83-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHEN CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS; TO REPEAL SECTION 83-9-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE CALCULATION FOR DETERMINING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES TO COVER TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE OUTPATIENT MENTAL ILLNESS COVERAGE EQUAL TO INPATIENT AND PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION MENTAL ILLNESS COVERAGE; 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 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 1324 days

InsuranceJan 20 to Jan 288 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days

InsuranceFeb 21 to Mar 4 · stopped11 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 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 21Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 21Referred To InsuranceSenate
  8. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate