Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2703
Eye care services and materials for patients; provide requirements for insurers and vision benefit managers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO EYE CARE SERVICES AND MATERIALS FOR PATIENTS THROUGH TRANSPARENT AND FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURERS AND VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS; TO PROVIDE FOR COVERED AND NONCOVERED SERVICES AND MATERIAL IN INSURANCE POLICIES; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN COERCIVE TACTICS BY INSURERS AND VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS; TO PROVIDE FOR CREDENTIALING AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURERS OR VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS; TO PROHIBIT CHANGING THE TERMS OF PROVIDER AGREEMENTS; TO AUTHORIZE EYE CARE PROVIDERS TO USE ANY LAB OR SUPPLIER; TO PROHIBIT EXTRAPOLATION; TO PROVIDE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR EYE CARE PROVIDERS; TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT BY THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; 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
InsuranceJan 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.