Mississippi 2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 208)
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2748
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Extend The Repealer On Sections 13-7-1 Through 13-7-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The State Grand Jury Act And Provide For The Operation Of The State Grand Jury; To Amend Section 13-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Reenacted Section 13-7-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Subject Matter Jurisdiction Of The State Grand Jury; To Remove The Requirement That The Crimes Must Occur Within More Than One Circuit Court District Or Have Transpired Or Have Significance In More Than One Circuit Court District Of This State; To Authorize The Attorney General To Notify The Panel Judge Instead Of Petitioning The Judge; To Require The Panel Judge To Impanel A Jury Within 30 Days Of Receiving Notice From The Attorney General; To Remove The Authority Of Panel Judge To Limit The Authority Of The Investigation Of The State Grand Jury; To Amend Section 13-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Qualifications Of Jurors For The State Grand Jury; To Amend Section 13-7-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Panel Judge To Deny Request To Amend The Notice And Order Impaneling The Grand Jury; To Amend Section 13-7-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Authority Of The Department Of Public Safety And The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics To Provide Space For The State Grand Jury; To Require Local Government Officials And Law Enforcement Shall Cooperate To Assist In Providing Accommodation Of The State Grand Jury; To Repeal Section 13-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That Nothing In The State Grand Jury Act Shall Be Construed As Amending, Repealing Or Superseding Any Other Law Of This State Governing The Powers And Duties Of County Grand Jurors, District Attorneys Or Law Enforcement Agencies Or Other Officials With Regard To Their Authority To Investigate, Indict Or Prosecute Offenses That Are Prescribed By This Chapter As Within The Jurisdiction Of The State Grand Jury; To Create New Section 13-7-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify And Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The State Grand Jury Act; To Amend Section 99-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Provision Of Law Relating To Venue For Indictments By The State Grand Jury; To Amend Section 27, Chapter 553, Laws Of 1993, As Last Amended By Chapter 526, Laws Of 2014, To Delete The Repealer, Which Is Being Codified In New Section 13-7-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, From The Effective Date Section Of The Enabling Legislation That Created The State Grand Jury Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2749
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Enact The Safeguarding Teens From Out-of-state Procedures Act; To State Legislative Findings; To Define Terms; To Criminalize The Procurement Of An Abortion For A Minor Girl, Obtaining Of An Abortion-inducing Drug Or The Aiding Or Abetting The Minor Girl In Doing So By Harboring Or Transporting The Girl Within This State; To Provide That Such A Crime Shall Be A Felony; To Provide Criminal Penalties; To Provide An Affirmative Offense; To Create A Private Cause Of Action; To Provide For Severability Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2750
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 43-21-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Report Taken Regarding An Abused, Neglected Or Sexually Exploited Child To Child Protection Services Shall Include The Name Of The Reporter; To Provide That The Confidentiality Of The Report Shall Be Maintained Pursuant To State Law Or As Otherwise Required By Federal Law; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2751
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Division Of Medicaid Shall Ensure That No Non-opioid Drug Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain Shall Be Disadvantaged Or Discouraged With Respect To Coverage Relative To Any Opioid Or Narcotic Drug For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain On The Division's Mandatory Preferred Drug List; To Provide Certain Provisions Related To Such Nonopioid Drugs; To Extend The Date Of Repeal Thereon; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2752
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Establish A "disabled Veteran And Dependents Patriot Scholarship Program" To Provide Tuition And Fee Waivers For Eligible Veterans And Their Families To Attend Mississippi Universities And Colleges; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Criteria For Continuing Eligibility And For The Maximum Duration Of The Waiver; To Provide For Program Administration By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning; To Amend Section 37-106-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Provisions Of The Scholarship Program For Children Of Prisoners Of War Or Mia/s In Southeast Asia; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2753
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Engrossed
3/13/24
Refer
3/18/24
Failed
4/29/24
Enrolled
5/6/24
Passed
5/13/24
An Act To Create New Section 29-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "safer Act" To Regulate Governmental Buildings; To Create New Section 29-18-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Findings For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Public Education Buildings To Have Exclusive Male And/or Female Restrooms Or Single-sex Or Family Use Restrooms At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Changing Facilities To Be Exclusive Male And/or Female Or Single-sex Or Family-use At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Public Student Housing For Single-sex Educational Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Single-sex Social Sororities And Fraternities To Comply With The Definitions Of This Act To Designate Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate How Persons Enter A Single-sex Restroom, Changing Facility Or Educational Housing Space; To Create New Section 29-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Assertion Of A Violation Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Action Regarding The Provisions Of This Act; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "female," "male" And "sex"; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2754
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
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 Contracts That Violate Public Policy; 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 Amend Section 73-21-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require 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 Create New Section 73-21-158, 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 Prohibit A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Or Third-party Payer From Charging A Patient To Pay A Copayment That Exceeds The Total Reimbursement Paid By The Pharmacy Benefit Manager To The Pharmacy; To Amend Section 73-21-161, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Or Pharmacy Benefit Manager Affiliates From Ordering A Patient To Use An Affiliate Pharmacy Or The 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; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2755
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
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 Provide Certain Qualifications Of Physicians Qualified To Make Adverse Determinations; 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 Section 41-83-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform And To Set Certain Qualifications And Time Constraints For Physicians Making Adverse Determinations Through Any Program Of Utilization Review; To Amend Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 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.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2756
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Failed
3/18/24
An Act To Amend Section 25-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State And School Employees Health Insurance Board Shall Determine All Benefits And Exclusions Provided Under The State And School Employees' Health Insurance Plan; To Repeal Section 25-15-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Certain Services Not Included In The State Employees Health Insurance Plan; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2757
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Create New Section 43-19-50, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Insurers And Insurance Companies Shall Provide Certain Information To The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Satisfy Child Support Arrears Of Noncustodial Parents; To Set Certain Restrictions Related Thereto; To Require The Department To Facilitate A Secure Electronic Process To Exchange Information; To Require Insurers To Withhold Claim Payments Or Settlements Upon Receipt Of A Notice That The Claimant Has Outstanding Child Support Obligations; To Provide That Priority Over Withholding These Payments Shall Be Given To Attorney Fees Or Costs Incurred, If Any, And Any Statutory Or Subrogation Liens For Medical Expenses; To Provide That Any Information Obtained Pursuant To This Act Must Be Used Only For The Purpose Of Carrying Out The Provisions Of This Section; To Provide That Failure To Comply With The Provisions Of This Act Shall Subject The Insurer Or Insurance Company To A Fine Of Not Less Than $1,000.00; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2758
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/14/24
An Act To Amend Section 75-24-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Roof Framing And Roof Ventilation System To Certain Definitions Related To Residential Roofers; To Amend Section 75-24-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Circumstances In Which Payment May Be Made From The Proceeds Of A Property And Casualty Insurance Policy, A Residential Roofing Contractor Shall Not Require Any Payments From An Insured Until The Five-day Cancellation Period Has Expired; To Require Residential Roofers To Include A Statement Identifying Those Aspects Of The Repair Or Replacement That Are Separate From Or Additional To The Repair Or Replacement Of The Damage To The Roof System Caused By A Covered Peril And Explaining That Payment Of Those Excess Or Additional Items Are The Insured's Responsibility; To Prohibit Residential Roofing Contractors From Representing Or Negotiating, Or Offering Or Advertising To Represent Or Negotiate, On Behalf Of An Owner Or Possessor Of Residential Real Estate On Any Insurance Claim In Connection With The Repair Or Replacement Of Roof Systems; To Prohibit Such Contractors From Receiving Referral Fees From Attorneys For Referring Claims; To Prohibit Roofing Contractors From Advertising Or Offering To Pay, Or Rebate All Or Any Portion Of An Insured's Insurance Deductible As An Inducement To Enter Into The Residential Roofing Contract; To Require Certain Information Be Included In A Post-loss Assignment; To Amend Section 75-24-311, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Residential Roofing Contractors Shall Be Subject To Disciplinary Action For Any Violation Of The Law, Among Other Punishments; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2759
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Create The Transparency And Accountability Of Patient Premiums Invested In Dental Care Act; Define "medical Loss Ratio" As The Minimum Percentage Of All Premium Funds Collected By A Dental Insurance Plan Each Year That Must Be Spent On Actual Patient Care Rather Than Administrative And Overhead Costs; To Define "administrative And Overhead Costs"; To Provide That A Health Care Service Plan That Issues, Sells, Renews, Or Offers A Specialized Health Care Service Plan Contract Covering Dental Services Shall File A Mlr With The Department Of Insurance That Is Organized By Market And Product Type And Contains The Same Information Required In The 2013 Federal Medical Loss Ratio Annual Reporting Form; To Provide The Timeline For Submitting Information For Data Verification Of The Health Care Service Plan's Representations In The Medical Loss Ratio Annual Report; To Provide That The Medical Loss Ratio For Dental Insurance Plans Shall Be 83%; To Provide The Method For Calculating The Total Amount Of An Annual Rebate Required; To Provide The Time That A Carrier Offering Dental Benefit Plans Has To File Group Product Base Rates And Any Changes; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Disapprove Any Base Rate Changes That Are Excessive, Inadequate Or Unreasonable In Relation To Benefits Charged; To Provide When The Commissioner Of Insurance May Presumptively Disapprove As Excessive A Dental Benefit Plan Carrier's Rate; To Provide The Hearing Process For When A Proposed Rate Change Has Been Presumptively Disapproved; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Promulgate Rules And Regulations; To Provide The Applicability Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2760
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Provide That For Any Insurance Policy That Falls Within The Jurisdiction Of The State Insurance Department Under Title 83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, When An Insurer Cancels A Policy For Nonpayment Of Premiums But The Insurer Mailed A Notice Of Cancellation For Nonpayment Of Premiums To A Different Address Than The Address Shown In The Policy Resulting In The Named Insured Failing To Receive Proper Notice From The Insurer, The Insured Shall Have The Opportunity To Pay The Past-due Premiums For The Policy; To Provide That If The Insured Pays The Past-due Premiums On The Policy, The Policy Shall Be Reinstated, And The Original Terms Of The Policy Shall Be Binding; To Amend Section 83-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Bring Forward Section 83-11-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2761
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Refer
3/11/24
Failed
4/2/24
An Act To Bring Forward Section 9-1-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is A Provision Related To Judicial Support Staff, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2762
Introduced
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Engrossed
3/13/24
Refer
3/18/24
Enrolled
4/15/24
Passed
4/19/24
An Act To Establish A Maximum Amount Of Retainage And Establish The Timing For Release Of Retainage With Respect To The Performance Of Certain Contracts And To Provide For The Payment Of Interest For Improperly Held Retainage; To Define Certain Terms For The Purposes Of This Act; To Provide Types Of Contracts To Which The Provisions Of This Act Do Not Apply; To Amend Sections 31-5-15 And 31-5-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "retainage" For Purposes Of Certain Public Works Contracts; And For Related Purposes.