Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Health insurance; prohibit issuance of policy restricting insurer from assigning benefits to provider.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/16 (H) Referred To Insurance | |
| 2 | 01/31 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2006 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Flaggs
Code Sections: A 083-0009-0003, A 083-0009-0005
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE ISSUANCE OF HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES THAT RESTRICT THE INSURER FROM ASSIGNING BENEFITS TO THE HEALTH PROVIDER; TO AMEND SECTION 83-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INSURED PROVIDES THE INSURER WITH WRITTEN DIRECTIONS THAT THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY A HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY SHALL BE PAID TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RENDERING SERVICES, THEN THE INSURER SHALL PAY DIRECTLY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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