l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2552

Contraceptive Equity Act of 2024; enact.

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 ENACT THE CONTRACEPTIVE EQUITY ACT OF 2024 TO PROVIDE THAT HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS SHALL COVER CERTAIN CONTRACEPTIVES, PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS, AND CLINICAL SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE ACT; TO PROHIBIT HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS FROM IMPOSING A DEDUCTIBLE, COPAYMENT OR OTHER COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT ON CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE; TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS RELATED TO CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE AND HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS; TO PROVIDE THAT A RELIGIOUS EMPLOYER MAY REQUEST A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN CONTRACT WITHOUT SUCH COVERAGE IF SUCH COVERAGE IS CONTRARY TO THE RELIGIOUS EMPLOYER'S RELIGIOUS TENETS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE TO MONITOR HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS AND TO ADOPT RULES RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT; TO SET CERTAIN DEFINITIONS RELATED THERETO; 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 16 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 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days

InsuranceFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 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 16 – Mar 5

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