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 820
Independent dispute resolution; create for certain situations between large health insurers and large health systems.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS FOR SITUATIONS WHEN A LARGE HEALTH INSURER AND A LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS RESULT IN THE LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM NO LONGER BEING WITHIN THE LARGE HEALTH INSURER'S NETWORK, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE FINDS THAT SUCH EXCLUSION WILL RESULT IN A LARGE NUMBER OF COVERED PERSONS NOT HAVING ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA, OR A LARGE NUMBER OF COVERED PERSONS NOT HAVING REASONABLE ACCESS TO COVERED BENEFITS RESULTING IN THE COVERED PERSONS HAVING TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES OUT OF THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, OR THE LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER AND THE EXCLUSION OF THE LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT HARM TO MISSISSIPPI CITIZENS; TO PROVIDE DEFINITION; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO ORDER THE PARTIES TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE THROUGH MEDIATION; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR THE MEDIATION; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE MEDIATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE GOVERNOR MAY ORDER THAT THE DISPUTE BE DETERMINED BY BINDING ARBITRATION; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ARBITRATION; 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
January 31 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 RepresentativesJan 31 to Mar 5 · stopped34 days
InsuranceJan 31 to Mar 5 · stopped34 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.