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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1347

Insurance; revise various provisions regarding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-11-17 AND 83-11-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF A FIFTEEN DOLLAR FILING FEE IN AUTOMOBILE CANCELLATION OR NONRENEWAL APPEALS; TO AMEND SECTION 83-17-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME FROM WHICH AN INSURANCE PRODUCER WHOSE LICENSE HAS BEEN REVOKED OR FORFEITED MAY REAPPLY FOR LICENSURE; TO AMEND SECTION 83-17-251, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM PRELICENSING REQUIREMENTS INDIVIDUALS SEEKING LICENSURE IN THE LIFE LINE OF AUTHORITY ONLY; TO AMEND SECTION 83-17-523, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE COMPENSATION OF A PUBLIC ADJUSTER; TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF DAMAGED PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A CLAIM ADJUSTED BY THE ADJUSTER; TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE REASONABLY CONSTRUED AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST; TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER SHALL NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN ANY SALVAGE, REPAIR OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY THAT OBTAINS BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM THAT THE PUBLIC ADJUSTER HAS A CONTRACT TO ADJUST; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ALLOW HIM, DURING A COMPANY EXAMINATION, TO EXAMINE AND ADDRESS ANY INEQUALITIES REGARDING PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT RATES PAID BY AN INSURER, SUBCONTRACTOR, OTHER PAYOR OR BY THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS; TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER MAY RESULT IN A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.00 PER VIOLATION; TO ADD A THREE-YEAR REPEALER TO THE SECTION; 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

February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

InsuranceFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 House of Representatives Feb 19 – Mar 5

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