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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
SB2163 - Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-27-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Transfer At Least Thirty Percent Of The Block Grant For The State And Available Federal Funds For Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Child Welfare Services To The Child Care And Development Fund For Each Fiscal Year; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2230 - Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Robert Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Legal Holidays By Removing Confederate Memorial Day And Designating The Nineteenth Day Of June As Juneteenth Freedom Day; To Clarify When A Legal Holiday Will Be Celebrated If The Holiday Falls On A Saturday Or Sunday; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SR25 - Commend Charles R. Carr, retired Director of Intermodal Planning with MDOT for 41 years of service.
Sollie B. Norwood, Hillman Terome Frazier, John Horhn
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Extending The Congratulations And Commendation Of The Mississippi Senate To Mr. Charles R. Carr, Retired Director Of Intermodal Planning With The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, For His 41 Years Of Effective And Dedicated Service To The State Of Mississippi.
STATUS
Passed
SB2231 - National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Robert Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The National Statuary Hall Selection Commission To Study And Make Recommendations For The Selection Of Two New Historic Figures To Represent Mississippi In The National Statuary Hall Collection At The United States Capitol; To Provide That The Recommendations Shall Be Figures Who Bring Honor To All Mississippians And Reflect The Demographics Of The State As A Whole; To Prescribe The Membership Of The Commission And To Provide For Its Organization And Meetings; To Provide That The Commission Shall Make Written Recommendations To The Governor And The Legislature Not Later Than November 30, 2024; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC517 - Extend sympathy of the Legislature on the passing of Margarett Allen-Bingham first female superintendent of correctional facility in MS.
Sollie B. Norwood, John Horhn, Hillman Terome Frazier
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Extending The Deepest Sympathy Of The Legislature To The Surviving Family And Friends Of Margarett Louise Allen-bingham Who Was The First Female Superintendent Of A Correctional Facility In Mississippi And Longtime Respected Leader In The Field Of Corrections And Mental Health.
STATUS
Passed
SB2311 - Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
Brice Wiggins, Jason Barrett, Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Cap For An Annual Supplement Payable By The Board Of Supervisors Of Any County To Its Sheriff; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2046 - Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Medicaid Eligibility To Include Those Individuals Who Are Entitled To Benefits Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca), As Amended; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Essential Health Benefits For Individuals Eligible For Medicaid Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca), As Amended; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2315 - State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Derrick T. Simmons, Sollie B. Norwood, Hillman Terome Frazier
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Direct The State Personnel Board To Amend The Variable Compensation Plan As Necessary To Award A Salary Increase To Each State Employee Whose Salary Is Funded By The State General Fund In The Amount Of A 6% Across-the-board Increase Per Year Beginning July 1, 2023; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB3020 - Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The Department Of Public Safety For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Mississippi district SD-028
COMMITTEES
Mississippi Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sollie B. Norwood was born in 1947 and raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Howard University, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. After college, Norwood served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War era. After being honorably discharged from military service, Norwood worked for over 30 years as a human resources professional. He also owned several small businesses over the years. Norwood retired in 2011.read less
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Mississippi Senate from Mississippi
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