Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2779
HIV prevention drugs; require health insurance plans and Division of Medicaid to provide coverage for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ANY HEALTH PLAN OR POLICY DELIVERED, ISSUED FOR DELIVERY, OR RENEWED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2025, TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTION DRUGS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COVERAGE FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION COUNSELING, PREVENTION, AND SCREENING MUST INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTION DRUGS AND THE SERVICES NECESSARY FOR INITIATION AND CONTINUED USE OF AN HIV PREVENTION DRUG; TO PROVIDE THAT A CARRIER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A COVERED PERSON TO UNDERGO STEP THERAPY OR TO RECEIVE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE A PHARMACIST MAY DISPENSE AN HIV INFECTION PREVENTION DRUG, OR A PROVIDER MAY, ACTING WITHIN THE PROVIDER'S SCOPE OF PRACTICE, PRESCRIBE OR DISPENSE A DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIV; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTION DRUGS AND SERVICES 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
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 SenateFeb 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.