l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 462

Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND CONTRACTS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PHYSICIAN-PRESCRIBED PROTON BEAM THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY (ASTRO); AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE EMPLOYEES LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PROTON THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND CERTAIN NONCANCEROUS TUMORS; 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

January 5 to February 1, 2022, 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 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 days

InsuranceJan 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 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 Jan 5 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published