Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2517
Telemedicine services under Medical Practice Act; provide standards and require insurance coverage.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-34, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE TELEMEDICINE SERVICES IN THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT AND TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR PHYSICIANS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE SERVICES; TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION WHICH PROVIDES FOR CIVIL PENALTIES FOR ANY HEALTH INSURER, HEALTH SUBSCRIPTION PLAN, HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT DENIES PAYMENT FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, OR CONSULTATION PROVIDED BY TELEMEDICINE IF IT WOULD BE COVERED WERE IT PROVIDED IN PERSON; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE TO PROMULGATE RULES RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE; TO AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, 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
February 8 to February 23, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate