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SB2140 - Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Walter Michel, Charles A. Younger, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; To Establish The Legislative Findings Of The Act; To Provide The Applicability And Scope Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Maintain A Complete List Of Services For Which Prior Authorizations Are Required; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Any Current Prior Authorization Requirements And Restrictions Readily Accessible And Posted On Its Website; To Set Requirements For The Clinical Review Criteria Of Health Insurance Issuers; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers From Denying A Claim For Failure To Obtain Prior Authorization If The Prior Authorization Requirement Was Not In Effect On The Date Of Service On The Claim; To Require Health Insurers To Make Certain Prior Authorization Statistics Available On Their Website; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Available A Standardized Electronic Prior Authorization Request Transaction Process By January 1, 2025; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2027; To Establish Certain Requirements On Health Insurance Issuers For Prior Authorizations In Nonurgent Circumstances And Urgent Circumstances; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Give Certain Notifications When Making An Adverse Determination; To Establish The Qualifications For Personnel Who Review Appeals Of Prior Authorizations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Periodically Review Its Prior Authorization Requirements And To Consider Removal Of These Requirements In Certain Cases; To Provide That A Health Insurance Issuer May Not Revoke Or Further Limit, Condition Or Restrict A Previously Issued Prior Authorization While It Remains Valid Under This Act Unless Certain Exclusions Are Applicable; To Provide How Long Prior Authorization Approvals Shall Be Valid; To Provide How Long The Prior Authorizations For Chronic Conditions Shall Be Valid; To Establish The Procedure For The Continuity Of Prior Approvals From Previous Health Insurance Issuers To Current Issuers; To Provide That A Failure By A Health Insurance Issuer To Comply With The Deadlines And Other Requirements Specified In This Act Shall Result In Any Health Care Services Subject To Review To Be Automatically Deemed Authorized By The Health Insurance Issuer Or Its Contracted Private Review Agent; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Insurance To Impose Upon A Private Review Agent, Health Benefit Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer An Administrative Fine Not To Exceed $10,000 Per Violation Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Report To The Department Certain Data; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Notify The Commissioner Of Insurance Of Suspected Submissions Of False Requests For Prior Authorization; To Require The Commissioner To Have An Administrative Hearing On Such Matters To Resolve The Issue; To Amend Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 41-83-31, 83-1-101 And 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-83-5, 41-83-7, 41-83-9, 41-83-11, 41-83-15, 41-83-17, 41-83-19, 41-83-23, 41-83-25, 41-83-27 And 41-83-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SC506 - Extend sincerest sympathy of Mississippi Senate to surviving family of former Senator John G. Corlew.
David Blount, Brice Wiggins, Jeremy England
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Extending The Sincerest Sympathy Of The Mississippi Senate To The Surviving Family Of Former Mississippi Senator, Chairman Of The State Board Of Public Welfare And Respected Trial Lawyer John G. Corlew Of Jackson County, Mississippi, And Commending His Service To His Community And His State.
STATUS
Passed
SC510 - Mourn the loss and commend the life of Luster Bayless, legendary Costumer to John Wayne.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Josh Harkins, Joel Carter
Last updated 6 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Mourning The Loss And Commending The Life And Public Contributions Of Luster Bayless Of Ruleville, Mississippi, Legendary Costumer To John Wayne And Founder Of United American Costume Company, And Expressing The Sympathy Of The Legislature On His Passing.
STATUS
Passed
SB2120 - Abuse and neglect of a child; make certain amendments to procedure.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-21-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Chancery Court To Proceed With Child Abuse Charges Raised For The First Time In An Existing Custody Determination Without Invoking Its Authority To Function As A Youth Court; To Require Such Proceedings To Be Confidential In The Same Manner As Provided In Youth Court Proceedings Pursuant To The Uniform Rules Of Youth Court Practice; To Amend Section 43-21-261, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Records Involving Children Shall Be Disclosed To Chancery Court Guardian Ad Litem To The Child; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2133 - Mississippi Design Professionals Act; enact.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Design Professionals Act; To Make Contract Terms That Require Design Professionals To Indemnify Or Hold Harmless Persons Or Entities For Any Damages Other Than Damages They Actually Caused Through Negligent Or Intentional Actions, Requires Design Professionals To Defend Another Person Or Entity Against Claims Arising From Issues Related To Rendered Or Not Rendered Professional Services, Requires Design Professionals To Name Another Person Or Entity As An Additional Insured Party On Their Professional Liability Insurance Policy, Or Subjects Design Professionals To A Standard Of Care Different Than The Professional Standard, To All Be Void And Unenforceable; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2145 - Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; enact to prohibit discriminating against 340B drug discount program entities.
Brice Wiggins, Kevin Blackwell, Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Be Known As The Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; To Provide Definitions For The Purpose Of The Act; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Other Third-party Payors And Drug Manufacturers And Distributors From Engaging In Certain Discriminatory Actions Relating To Entities That Are Participating Or Authorized To Participate In The Federal 340b Drug Discount Program; To Provide That The Commission Of Any Act Prohibited By This Act Is Considered A Violation Of The Consumer Protection Act; To Amend Section 75-24-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2185 - License and identification cards; include parole and probation status of licensee and/or applicant.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require The Department Of Corrections To Notify The Department Of Public Safety On A Weekly Basis Of All Probation And Parole Statuses; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Include The Parole And Probation Data Of A Licensee Or Applicant For A State-issued Photo Identification Card, If There Is Any Such Data, Within The Information Contained In The Magnetic Strip Of Any License Or Identification Card Issued In The State; To Amend Sections 45-35-5, 45-35-53 And 45-35-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC518 - Mourn the loss and celebrate the contributions and career of Mississippi music icon and Tropical Rock legend Jimmy Buffett.
Brice Wiggins, Jeremy England, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Mourning The Loss And Celebrating The Contributions And Career Of Mississippi Music Icon And Tropical Rock Legend And Usm Alumnus Jimmy Buffett Of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Who Created His Own Genre Of Music And A Worldwide Music Business Empire, And Expressing The Sympathy Of The Legislature On The Passing Of This Mississippi Music Legend.
STATUS
Passed
SB2131 - Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.
David Parker, Brice Wiggins, Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 93-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Child Support For A Child With A Disability May Continue Past The Age Of Majority; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC511 - Direct Senate Rules Committee and House Management Committee to reallocate fourth floor office space between Senate and House.
Kevin Blackwell, Charles A. Younger, Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution To Direct The Rules Committee Of The Mississippi State Senate And The Management Committee Of The Mississippi House Of Representatives, Meeting As A Joint Committee, To Reallocate Certain Space On The Fourth Floor Of The New Capitol Building Equally Between The Senate And The House Of Representatives.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Mississippi district SD-052
COMMITTEES
Mississippi Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Brice Wiggins is a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 52. He was first elected to the chamber in 2011. Wiggins earned his B.A. in communications from the University of Mississippi in 2004 and his J.D. from the Mississippi College School of Law in 2007. His professional experience includes working as an attorney.read less
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Mississippi Senate from Mississippi
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