l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1192

Telemedicine; prohibit health insurers from denying payment for services if they would be covered in person.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURERS, HEALTH CARE SUBSCRIPTION PLANS AND HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS FROM DENYING PAYMENT FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, OR CONSULTATION PROVIDED BY TELEMEDICINE IF THAT SERVICE WOULD BE COVERED IF IT HAD BEEN PROVIDED IN PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH ENTITY THAT DENIES PAYMENT FOR SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PENALTY BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE FOR THE COST OF THE DENIED SERVICE AND A PUNITIVE FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION OCCURRENCE; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL FINES COLLECTED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE PAID TO THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS FUND; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 83-9-351, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR TELEMEDICINE SERVICES, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR STORE-AND-FORWARD TELEMEDICINE SERVICES, TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT AND TO MAKE SOME MINOR NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES; 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

February 8 to March 22, 2016, 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 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 2921 days

InsuranceFeb 8 to Feb 2315 days

In the SenateFeb 29 to Mar 22 · stopped22 days

Public Health and WelfareMar 14 to Mar 22 · stopped8 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 Feb 8 – Feb 29

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Feb 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 25Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 29Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 1 – Mar 22

  1. Mar 1Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Carpenter, Chism and Touchstone)
  2. Mar 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the Senate
  4. Mar 14Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Insurance
  5. Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 29Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 29PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Carpenter, Chism, Touchstone)House of Representatives
  7. Mar 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 2Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 14Referred To Public Health and Welfare;InsuranceSenate
  10. Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate