l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 698

Health insurance; prohibit modifications on renewal of covered and prescribed prescription drug's contracted benefit level.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS FROM MODIFYING, ON RENEWAL, AN INSURED'S CONTRACTED BENEFIT LEVEL FOR ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUG THAT WAS APPROVED OR COVERED UNDER THE PLAN IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PLAN YEAR AND PRESCRIBED DURING THAT YEAR FOR A MEDICAL CONDITION OR MENTAL ILLNESS; TO LIST MODIFICATIONS PROHIBITED; TO CLARIFY WHAT IS NOT PROHIBITED; 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 14 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 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days

InsuranceJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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 House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 3

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