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SB2140 - Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Walter Michel, Charles A. Younger, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 10 months ago
20 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
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 10 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
SB2038 - Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician.
Tyler McCaughn, Benjamin A. Suber, Jason Barrett
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 93-17-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Certificate Attached To An Adoption Petition May Be Executed By A Physician Licensed Under Chapter 25, Title 73, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2148 - Mississippi University Research Authority; revise membership.
Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-147-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Board Membership Of The Mississippi University Research Authority; To Make Certain Technical Changes Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2150 - Public schools; require staff training to assist with seizures.
Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide That Beginning On July 1, 2025, Each Public School Board Shall Have At Least One Employee Or Vendor At Each School Who Has Met The Training Requirements Necessary To Administer Seizure Rescue Medication For Persons Experiencing Seizure Disorder Symptoms; To Require Training For Such Person To Be Consistent With Guidelines Developed By The Epilepsy Foundation Of America Or Similar Successor Organization; To Require The Parents, Legal Guardians Or Other Responsible Adult Of Children Who Experience Seizure Disorder Symptoms To Provide Written Authorization To The School For The Administration Of Necessary Medication, Along With A Written Statement From The Child's Medical Provider; To Require The Written Statement And The Child's Seizure Action Plan To Be Kept On File By The School Nurse Or School Administrator; To Exempt School Employees Acting In Good Faith And In Substantial Compliance With A Student's Individual Health Plan To Render Assistance To A Child Experiencing A Seizure Episode From Civil And Criminal Liability; To Provide That Within The State Of Mississippi, Patients With A Diagnosis Of Epilepsy Or Seizure Disorder Shall Be Allowed Open Access To And Coverage Of All Fda-approved Anti-seizure Medications By Private Health Insurers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2147 - School emergency response mapping data program; establish.
Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The School Emergency Response Mapping Data Program In The Mississippi Attorney General's Office; To Authorize Each School District To Apply For Funds For Mapping Data For School Buildings In An Effort To Provide Public Safety Agencies With Access To Accurate Mapping Data To Ensure Efficient Responses To Any Emergency On A School Campus; To Authorize School Districts To Use Such Funds To Procure A Vendor; To Set Certain Requirements Related To The School Mapping Data; To Provide That Public Safety Agencies And School Districts Shall Have Perpetual Access To All Mapping Data Developed For This Program At No Cost; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2151 - Depression screening for birth mothers; require health care professionals to administer and health insurers to cover.
Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require Health Care Professionals To Screen Birth Mothers For Depression At The Time Of Birth; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Cover Such Screening; To Provide Exemptions To Health Insurance Issuers That Are Required To Cover Such Screening; 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 9 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
SB2223 - Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products, baby formula and baby diapers.
Nicole Akins Boyd, Robin Robinson, Jeremy England
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Sales Of Feminine Hygiene Products, Baby Formula And Baby Diapers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2224 - Sales tax; exempt sales of baby formula and baby diapers.
Nicole Akins Boyd, Robin Robinson, Jeremy England
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Sales Of Baby Formula And Baby Diapers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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