Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2008
Health insurance; prohibit insurers from discriminating against durable medical equipment and set reimbursement rate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-9-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN INSURER, MANAGED-CARE COMPANY OR OTHER PAYOR FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AN ACCREDITED DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER PROVIDING SERVICES PRESCRIBED BY A PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT AN INSURER, MANAGED-CARE COMPANY OR OTHER PAYOR SHALL REIMBURSE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NO LESS THAN STATE MEDICAID RATES SET FOR THESE SERVICES ON A CONTINUOUS MONTHLY PAYMENT BASIS FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEDICAL NEED THROUGHOUT A PATIENT'S VALID PRESCRIPTION PERIOD; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 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.