Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 144
HIV medications; prohibit health plans and Medicaid from subjecting to protocols that restrict dispensing of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS AND PRIVATE REVIEW AGENTS FROM SUBJECTING DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF HIV OR AIDS TO A PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT, STEP THERAPY, OR ANY OTHER PROTOCOL THAT COULD RESTRICT OR DELAY THE DISPENSING OF THE DRUG; TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-9-36 AND 83-5-909, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 83-5-905 AND 43-13-117, 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
Its course
January 7 to February 3, 2026, 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 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days
InsuranceJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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.