Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1602
Override of step therapy or fail-first protocol; require insurer to decide within certain time.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INSURER SHALL GRANT OR DENY A REQUEST FOR AN OVERRIDE OF STEP THERAPY OR FAIL-FIRST PROTOCOL WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF RECEIVING THE REQUEST; TO PROVIDE THAT IF EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST, THE INSURER SHALL GRANT OR DENY THE REQUEST WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN APPEAL; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE TIMELINE IS NOT MET, THE REQUEST SHALL BE DEEMED GRANTED; 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
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.