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MS HB462
Bill
Status
2/1/2022
Primary Sponsor
Becky Currie
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AI Summary
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Requires all individual and group health insurance policies, service contracts, self-insured arrangements, and managed care entities delivered or renewed on or after July 1, 2022, to cover physician-prescribed proton beam therapy for cancer treatment as recommended by the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
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Applies coverage requirement to the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan.
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Amends Section 25-15-9 of Mississippi Code to require the state employees health insurance plan to provide proton therapy coverage for treatment of cancer and noncancerous tumors.
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Effective date is July 1, 2022.
Legislative Description
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/1/2022