Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2529
Rare diseases; establish Rare Disease Task Force and establish insurance coverage integrity for rare disease therapies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS CONCERNING RARE DISEASES; TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO ESTABLISH THE RARE DISEASE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE FOR MEETINGS OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE TASK FORCE; TO ESTABLISH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI INSURANCE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE STAFF AND CLERICAL SUPPORT TO THE TASK FORCE; TO GRANT THE MISSISSIPPI INSURANCE DEPARTMENT RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; TO ESTABLISH INSURANCE COVERAGE INTEGRITY FOR RARE DISEASE THERAPIES; 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 19 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate