Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 784
First Responders Health and Safety Act; revise to provide that the cancer benefits will be paid by the state and not insurance policies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-15-405 AND 25-25-409, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MISSISSIPPI FIRST RESPONDERS HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE CANCER BENEFITS UNDER THE ACT WILL NOT BE PAID FROM INSURANCE POLICIES BUT SHALL BE PAID BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO REPEAL SECTION 25-15-407, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE COST OF PURCHASING INSURANCE POLICIES THAT PROVIDE FOR CANCER COVERAGE MUST BE BORNE BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS' EMPLOYERS; TO AMEND SECTION 7, CHAPTER 467, LAWS OF 2019, AS LAST AMENDED BY SECTION 2, CHAPTER 364, LAWS OF 2021, TO REVISE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MISSISSIPPI FIRST RESPONDERS HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT TO CONFORM WITH THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.