Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2023
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-9-46.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HEALTH INSURANCE CARRIERS THAT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION INSULIN DRUGS TO CAP THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT A COVERED PERSON IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A COVERED PRESCRIPTION INSULIN DRUG AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100.00 PER THIRTY-DAY SUPPLY OF INSULIN, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OR TYPE OF INSULIN NEEDED TO FILL THE COVERED PERSON'S PRESCRIPTION; TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE PRICING OF PRESCRIPTION INSULIN DRUGS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO MISSISSIPPI CONSUMERS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN PRICING OF PRESCRIPTION INSULIN DRUGS AND WHETHER ADDITIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTIONS ARE NEEDED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ISSUE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE A REPORT DETAILING HIS OR HER FINDINGS FROM THE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER THIS ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE STATE AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 83-9-46, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES AND PLANS MUST OFFER COVERAGE FOR DIABETES TREATMENTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 5 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 SenateJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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.