House Bill 813

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI STUDY ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF INSULIN ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY THAT EXAMINES CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING DIABETES AND SUBMIT TO THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE A REPORT ON SUCH STUDY NOT LATER THAN EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Study on the Affordability of Insulin Act."

SECTION 2. The State Health Officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health shall:

(a) Conduct a study that examines:

(i) For each type or classification of diabetes, including Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and other conditions causing reliance on insulin, the effect of the affordability of insulin on:

1. Adherence to insulin prescriptions;

2. Rates of diabetic ketoacidosis;

3. Downstream impacts of insulin adherence including rates of dialysis treatment and end-stage renal disease;

4. Spending by state health programs in acute episodes that could have been averted by adhering to an insulin prescription; and

5. Other factors, as appropriate, to understand the impacts of insulin affordability on health outcomes and insured and uninsured individuals with diabetes.

(ii) Among the individuals who are unable to afford insulin, the numbers of such individuals:

1. Who are uninsured;

2. Who are covered under private health insurance; and

3. Who are covered under public health insurance programs; and

(b) Not later than eighteen (18) months after the effective date of this act, submit to the Mississippi Legislature a report on the Mississippi Study on the Affordability of Insulin.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.