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MS SB2082
Bill
Status
2/2/2021
Primary Sponsor
Angela Burks Hill
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AI Summary
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Requires all individual and group health insurance policies, service contracts, health maintenance organizations, self-insured group arrangements, and managed health care entities to include coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy for cancer treatment as recommended by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
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Applies to policies and contracts delivered, issued, continued, or renewed on or after July 1, 2021, for coverage of radiation oncology services to Mississippi residents
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Coverage requirement extends to the State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan
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Takes effect July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed hypofractionated proton beam therapy.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/2/2021