Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2010
Health insurance; require health benefit plans to follow new procedure related to step therapy protocol for CRF-COPD treatment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 83-9-36.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO IMPLEMENT A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR A PARTICIPANT, BENEFICIARY OR THE PRESCRIBING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ON BEHALF OF THE PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY, WITH CRF-COPD TO REQUEST AN EXCEPTION TO A STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL; TO SET CERTAIN PROCEDURES RELATED THERETO; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO A TREATMENT STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL FOR TREATMENT OF CRF-COPD; TO REQUIRE HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS TO MAKE CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING SUCH PROCEDURES AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS TO RESPOND TO A REQUESTING PRESCRIBER WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER RECEIVING AN INITIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST; TO REQUIRE HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS TO RESPOND TO SUCH A REQUEST WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY WHEN THE STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL MAY JEOPARDIZE THE LIFE OR HEALTH OF THE BENEFICIARY; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT; 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.