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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2273

Dental health plans; establish certain provisions related to insurers bundling and downcoding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 SECTION 83-51-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INSURER SHALL NOT MAINTAIN A DENTAL PLAN THAT IS BASED ON A PROVIDER'S CONTRACTED FEE FOR COVERED SERVICES, OR THAT USES DOWNCODING OR BUNDLING IN A CERTAIN MANNER; TO REQUIRE AN INSURER TO ENSURE THAT AN EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS FOR A DENTAL PLAN INCLUDES THE REASON FOR ANY DOWNCODING OR BUNDING RESULTS; TO SET CERTAIN DEFINITIONS RELATED TO THE 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.

In the Senate

Its course

February 6 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 SenateFeb 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 days

InsuranceFeb 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 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 Senate Feb 6 – Mar 5

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