Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 442
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-221, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INSURED IS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN IF THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN PROVIDES FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICE IF PERFORMED BY A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR PODIATRIST AND THE SERVICE IS PERFORMED BY A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR PODIATRIST; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-223, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PHYSICIAN WHO IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AREA OF THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN AND WHO IS WILLING TO MEET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION ESTABLISHED BY THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-225, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE OR PROHIBIT THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHYSICIANS WHOSE LICENSED SCOPE OF SPECIALTY PRACTICE DIFFERS; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE OR PROHIBIT COVERAGE OF THE SERVICES OF ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF PROVIDER; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-227, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, PROHIBIT OR LIMIT A PHYSICIAN THAT IS QUALIFIED UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN'S OPERATING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SCHEDULE OF FEES, COVERED EXPENSES AND UTILIZATION REGULATIONS AND QUALITY STANDARDS, FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PLAN; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PREVENT A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN FROM INSTITUTING MEASURES DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN QUALITY AND TO CONTROL COSTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE UTILIZATION OF A GATEKEEPER SYSTEM, AS LONG AS SUCH MEASURES ARE IMPOSED EQUALLY ON ALL PROVIDERS IN THE SAME CLASS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-229, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY HOW THE ARTICLE SHOULD BE CONSTRUED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-41-231, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE'S POWERS AND DUTIES REGARDING ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 41, TITLE 83; TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-41-203, 83-41-211, 83-41-213 AND 83-41-215, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN EXISTING LAWS PROVIDING FOR CHOICE OF PRACTITIONER; 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
Sponsor
24 co-sponsors
Brad Mayo, William Tracy Arnold, Carolyn Crawford, Becky Currie, Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Sherra Hillman Lane, Rita Martinson, Doug McLeod, John L. Moore, Jeffrey C. Smith, Tommy Taylor, Jerry R. Turner, Donnie Bell, C. Scott Bounds, Randy P. Boyd, Chris Brown, Herb Frierson, Patricia H. Willis, Gary V. Staples, Alex Monsour, Bill Denny, Ken Morgan, Margaret Rogers
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.