l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 534

Mississippi Health Information Exchange; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE THAT PROVIDES REAL-TIME BIDIRECTIONAL PATIENT ADMISSION, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER DATA, AND OTHERWISE FACILITATES THE SECURE ELECTRONIC SHARING OF HEALTH INFORMATION BETWEEN LICENSED HOSPITALS AND PRACTITIONERS, PAYERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES AND OTHERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXCHANGE SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED BY A DESIGNATED ENTITY SELECTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS; TO SPECIFY THE AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXCHANGE ARE PERMITTED TO RETRIEVE OR ACCESS IDENTIFIED DATA ONLY FOR PATIENTS OR INSUREDS WITH WHOM THE PARTICIPANT HAS A TREATMENT, PAYMENT OR HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS RELATIONSHIP; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS SHALL GRANT TO OTHER PARTICIPANTS A NONEXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO RETRIEVE AND USE IDENTIFIED DATA RELATED TO THEIR OWN PATIENTS OR INSUREDS; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET BY THE DESIGNATED ENTITY SELECTED TO DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE THAT RECORDS TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THE EXCHANGE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PARTICIPANT CONNECTION TO, SUBSCRIPTION FOR, AND ONGOING PARTICIPATION IN THE EXCHANGE; 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

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.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Jan 219 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 12 to Jan 208 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Mar 3 · stopped41 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 23 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 – Jan 21

  1. Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 20Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Jan 21Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Jan 21 – Mar 3

  1. Jan 21Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Crawford, Creekmore IV and Felsher)
  2. Jan 22Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the Senate
  4. Jan 23Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  5. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 20Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 21Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 21PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Jan 21Motion to Reconsider Entered (Crawford, Creekmore IV, Felsher)House of Representatives
  6. Jan 22Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  7. Jan 22Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Jan 23Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  9. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate