Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 156
Medicaid; require managed care companies to provide detailed, signed explanation for denial of coverage of procedure.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATING IN A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM OR COORDINATED CARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PROVIDE TO EACH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR WHOM THE ORGANIZATION HAS DENIED THE COVERAGE OF A PROCEDURE THAT WAS ORDERED OR REQUESTED BY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR A PATIENT, A LETTER THAT PROVIDES A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL OF COVERAGE OF THE PROCEDURE AND THE NAME AND THE CREDENTIALS OF THE PERSON WHO DENIED THE COVERAGE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LETTER SHALL BE SENT TO THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC FORMAT AND SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PERSON WHO DENIED THE 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 2, 2021, 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 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days
MedicaidJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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.