Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 10, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1627
Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations; exempt from insurance regulation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-1-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FROM INSURANCE REGULATION; TO PROVIDE THAT A NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION MAY PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS OR SERVICES FOR ITS MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS BETWEEN MEMBERS AND THE ORGANIZATION OR ITS AFFILIATES; TO PROVIDE THAT A NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OR ITS AFFILIATE SHALL HAVE A DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL WHO, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, OPERATES AS AN OMBUDSMAN TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM INSURED MEMBERS REGARDING THE NAMO PLAN; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE COMPLAINT, PROVIDED THAT ALL COMPLAINTS SHALL BE INVESTIGATED AND RESOLVED SOLELY BY THE OMBUDSMAN AND NAMO OR ITS DESIGNEE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR NAMO PLANS; TO PROVIDE THAT HEALTHCARE BENEFITS OR SERVICES MAY BE SOLD OR SOLICITED ONLY BY AN INSURANCE PRODUCER WHO IS BOTH APPOINTED BY AN ORGANIZATION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT AND LICENSED AS AN INSURANCE PRODUCER TO SELL OR SOLICIT ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE IN THIS STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 83-1-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 83-5-1 AND 83-5-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
Jonathan McMillan, Otis Anthony, Oscar Denton, Vince Mangold, Lester Carpenter
Its course
February 19 to April 10, 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.
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 6
- Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Insurance
- Feb 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 6Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 7 – Apr 10
- Mar 7Sent to the Senate
- Mar 21Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
- Apr 2Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Apr 10Died on the calendar in the Senate