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HB1612 - Pharmacy benefit managers; revise provisions relating to.
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 73-21-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define New Terms And Revise The Definitions Of Existing Terms Under The Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; To Amend Section 73-21-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Charging A Plan Sponsor More For A Prescription Drug Than The Net Amount It Pays A Pharmacy For The Prescription Drug; To Amend Section 73-21-156, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacy Benefit Managers To Provide A Reasonable Administrative Appeal Procedure To Allow Pharmacies To Challenge A Reimbursement For A Specific Drug Or Drugs As Being Below The Reimbursement Rate Required By The Preceding Provision; To Provide That If The Appeal Is Upheld, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Shall Make The Change In The Payment To The Required Reimbursement Rate; To Provide That A Patient Shall Not Pay A Copayment For A Prescription That Exceeds The Total Reimbursement Paid By The Pharmacy Benefit Manager To The Pharmacy; To Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That A Pharmacy Benefit Manager License Be Renewed Annually; That A Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization To Provide To A Pharmacy Or Pharmacist A Copy Of Any Contract Entered Into On Behalf Of The Pharmacy Or Pharmacist By The Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacies, Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Ordering A Patient To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Offering Or Implementing Plan Designs That Penalize A Patient When A Patient Chooses Not To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Or The Affiliate Pharmacy Of Another Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Or Interfering With The Patient's Right To Choose The Patient's Pharmacy Or Provider Of Choice; To Create New Section 73-21-162, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Penalizing Or Retaliating Against A Pharmacist, Pharmacy Or Pharmacy Employee For Exercising Any Rights Under This Act, Initiating Any Judicial Or Regulatory Actions, Or Appearing Before Any Governmental Agency, Legislative Member Or Body Or Any Judicial Authority; To Amend Section 73-21-163, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board Of Pharmacy, For The Purposes Of Conducting Investigations, To Conduct Examinations Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers And To Issue Subpoenas To Obtain Documents Or Records That It Deems Relevant To The Investigation; To Provide That Monies From Penalties Shall Be Deposited In A Special Fund For Purposes Of The Board In Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB124 - Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Jeffrey Hulum, Lester Carpenter, Percy W. Watson
Last updated 6 months ago
123 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Fourth Thursday Of March As Tuskegee Airmen Day In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1682 - Certified nurse aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing.
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create New Section 73-15-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer The Administration Of Certification Of Certified Nurse Aides (cnas) From The State Department Of Health To The Mississippi Board Of Nursing; To Prescribe The Minimum Duties Of The Board For The Certification Process; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1685 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Seven Substances As Schedule I Controlled Substances Because These Drugs Have No Legitimate Medical Use And Have A High Potency With Great Potential To Cause Harm; To Amend Section 41-29-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Daridorexant And Zuranolone As Schedule Iv Controlled Substances Because These Drugs Have A Currently Accepted Medical Use And A Low Potential For Abuse That May Lead To Limited Physical Dependence Or Psychological Dependence Relative To The Drugs Or Other Substances In Schedule Iii; To Remove Fenfluramine As A Schedule Iv Controlled Substance; To Amend Section 41-29-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Ganaxolone As A Schedule V Controlled Substance; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1631 - Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.
Lester Carpenter, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Be Known As The Mississippi Triage, Treat And Transport To Alternative Destination Act; To Provide That Policies Of Accident And Sickness Insurance Shall Provide Coverage For An Ambulance Service To Treat Or Assess An Enrollee In Place, Or Triage Or Triage And Transport An Enrollee To An Alterative Destination, Or An Encounter Between An Ambulance Service And Enrollee That Results Without Transport Of The Enrollee Under The Policy; To Provide That The Coverage Required Under This Section Is Subject To The Initiation Of Ambulance Service Treatment As A Result Of A 911 Call That Is Documented In The Records Of The Ambulance Service And Subject To Deductibles Or Copayment Requirements Of The Policy, And Does Not Diminish Or Limit Benefits Otherwise Allowable Under The Policy; To Provide That The Reimbursement Rate For An Ambulance Service Provider Whose Operators Assess, Triage, Treat Or Transport An Enrollee To An Alternative Destination Shall Be Not Less Than The Advanced Life Support Rate With Mileage To The Scene; To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To A Participating Ambulance Service Provider Or An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be The Greater Of The Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas; To Provide That If An Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges Are Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Provided For In This Act, Then Such Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Provider's Billed Charges; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1629 - Ambulance service providers; provide for minimum rate of reimbursement under any policy of accident and sickness insurance.
Lester Carpenter, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Manly Barton
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To A Participating Ambulance Service Provider Or An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be The Greater Of The Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas; To Define The Term "ambulance Service Provider" For The Purposes Of This Act; To Provide That If An Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges Are Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Provided For In This Act, Then Such Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Provider's Billed Charges; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HR92 - Alfred Williams; commend for being the first African American inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame.
Mark K. Tullos, Shane Aguirre, Jeramey Anderson
Last updated 6 months ago
122 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing And Commending Mr. Alfred Williams For Being The First African American Inducted Into The Bass Fishing Hall Of Fame.
STATUS
Passed
HB1265 - Pharmacists; authorize reimbursement for under certain insurance policies, plans, or contracts.
Lee Yancey, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide That An Insured Individual Shall Be Entitled To Reimbursement For Certain Services Whenever His Or Her Policy Of Insurance, Medical Service Plan, Hospital Service Contract, Or Hospital And Medical Service Contract Issued In The State Of Mississippi Provides For Reimbursement For Any Service Which Is Within The Lawful Scope Of Practice Of A Duly Licensed Pharmacist; To Authorize Licensed Pharmacists To Participate In Such Policies, Plans, Or Contracts Providing For Pharmacy Services; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-108
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Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Stacey Hobgood Wilkes is running for North Carolina State Senate District 27. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor's degree in accounting in 1995. Wilkes has served on various boards and volunteered with several organizations over the years. She is currently a mortgage loan officer. Wilkes lives in Holly Springs, North Carolina with her husband and two children.read less
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