Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2488
Rights of individual's with a terminal condition; require payment of health insurance and Medicaid benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO HEALTH COVERAGE PLAN SHALL RESTRICT COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIBED TREATMENT BASED UPON THE INSURED'S DIAGNOSIS WITH A TERMINAL CONDITION; TO PROVIDE THAT NO HEALTH BENEFIT PAID WITH STATE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY MEDICAID AND THE STATE INSURANCE PLAN SHALL RESTRICT COVERAGE FOR PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED TREATMENT BASED UPON THE INDIVIDUAL'S DIAGNOSIS WITH A TERMINAL CONDITION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-117 AND 25-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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
January 20 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate