2012
Regular Session
Health insurance; provide for certain assignment of benefits by insured to health care providers.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INSURED PROVIDES AN INSURER WITH WRITTEN DIRECTIONS THAT THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY A HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY BE PAID TO AN IN-NETWORK HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RENDERING SERVICES, THEN THE INSURER SHALL PAY DIRECTLY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INSURED OBTAINS MEDICAL SERVICES FROM AN OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDER AND THE INSURED ASSIGNS HIS BENEFITS TO THAT PROVIDER, THE COMMERCIAL INSURER SHALL FORWARD PAYMENT BY CHECK, DRAFT, MONEY ORDER OR OTHER NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT TO THE PROVIDER PAYABLE TO BOTH THE PROVIDER AND THE INSURED AND REQUIRING THE ENDORSEMENT OF BOTH; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE CONSIDERED PAYMENT IN FULL TO THE PROVIDER, WHO MAY NOT BILL OR COLLECT FROM THE INSURED ANY AMOUNT ABOVE THAT PAYMENT, OTHER THAN THE DEDUCTIBLE, COINSURANCE, COPAYMENT OR OTHER CHARGES FOR EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES REQUESTED BY THE INSURED THAT ARE NONCOVERED BENEFITS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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H
B
560
House Bill 560
HB 560
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
No
Majority
July 1, 2012
Insurance
F
../../House_cmtes/IN.xml
Insurance
F
../../Senate_cmtes/IN.xml
Judiciary, Division A
T
../../Senate_cmtes/JA.xml
Chism
../../House_authors/Chism.xml
A
../../code_sections/083/00090005.xml
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02/17 (H) Referred To Insurance
2
03/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
3
03/13 (H) Read the Third Time
4
03/15 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
5
03/15 (H) Amended
6
03/15 (H) Passed As Amended
../../../../2012/pdf/votes/house/0730026.pdf
7
03/20 (H) Transmitted To Senate
8
03/28 (S) Referred To Insurance;Judiciary, Division A
9
03/28 (S) DR - TSDP: IN To JA
10
04/03 (S) Died In Committee
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../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0560IN.htm
../../../../documents/2012/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0560CS.pdf
../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0560CS.htm
../../../../documents/2012/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0560PS.pdf
../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0560PS.htm
Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)
Adopted
../../../../documents/2012/pdf/ham/HB0560_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf
../../../../../documents/2012/html/ham/HB0560_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Voice Vote