Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 97
Health insurers; require to use certain standard for hospital inpatient admissions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PAYERS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI BY THE MISSISSIPPI INSURANCE DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW THE SAME CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE REASONABLENESS AND NECESSITY OF HOSPITAL INPATIENT ADMISSIONS AS THOSE USED UNDER MEDICARE PART A COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE TWO-MIDNIGHT RULE; 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.