MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Insurance
By: Representatives Massengill, Steverson, Lancaster, Byrd
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-15-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON THE STATE HEALTH PLAN COVERING HEARING AIDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-15-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-15-7. Such health
insurance shall not include expense incurred by or on account of an individual
prior to July 1, 1972, as to him or her; dental care and treatment,
except dental surgery and appliances to the extent necessary for the correction
of damage caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan, or as a direct
result of disease covered by the plan; eyeglasses * * * and examinations for the
prescription or fitting thereof; cosmetic surgery or treatment, except to the
extent necessary for correction of damage by accidental injury while covered by
the plan or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; services
received in a hospital owned or operated by the United States government for
which no charge is made; services received for injury or sickness due to war or
any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall
have occurred after July 1, 1972; expense for which the individual is not
required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any
employer group plan other than this plan, in which the state participates in
the cost thereof; and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of
the board.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.