Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 430
Health insurance; require coverage for genetic testing for inherited mutation and evidence-based cancer imaging.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ANY GROUP HEALTH PLAN, OR A HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER OFFERING GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE TO INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR CLINICAL GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A PERSONAL OR FAMILY HISTORY OF CANCER THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AND EVIDENCED-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF CANCER AS RECOMMENDED BY NCCN CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TO PROHIBIT GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS THAT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES FROM IMPOSING ANY COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE SERVICES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE FORMULATION OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN; 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
5 co-sponsors
Kevin Felsher, Donnie Scoggin, William Tracy Arnold, Charles Blackwell, Omeria Scott
Its course
January 12 to March 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.
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 House of Representatives Jan 12 – Feb 4
- Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Insurance
- Jan 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 4Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3
- Feb 5Sent to the Senate
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate