Mississippi 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 752 — Dental Insurance benefits; prohibit the denial or recoupment of a claim in certain circumstances.

Last action — Approved by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 13 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes made to HB 752 involve adding new lines of text in the version that passed the House, while removing some content from the original version. This indicates that the bill was altered during the legislative process, likely to clarify its intent or address concerns raised during discussion. Understanding these adjustments is important because they can impact how the law will function and who it will affect once implemented.

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HB 752 (As Sent to Governor) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
HB 752 (As Passed the House) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Representative Steverson House Bill 752 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-51-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS AS USED IN THE DENTAL CARE BENEFITS LAW;
Representative Steverson House Bill 752 (As Passed the House) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-51-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS AS USED IN THE DENTAL CARE BENEFITS LAW;
          (e)  "Dental service contractor" means any person who accepts a prepayment from or for the benefit of any other person or group of persons as consideration for providing to such person or group of persons the opportunity to receive dental services at such times in the future as such services may be appropriate or required, but shall not be construed to include a dentist or professional dental corporation that accepts prepayment on a fee-for-service basis for providing specific dental services to individual patients for whom such services have been prediagnosed.  Nothing in this paragraph (e) shall apply to a funded or self-funded trust qualified with the United States Department of Labor in accordance with Public Law 93-406, or the Division of Medicaid or any contractor of the division when providing services to eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
          (e)  "Dental service contractor" means any person who accepts a prepayment from or for the benefit of any other person or group of persons as consideration for providing to such person or group of persons the opportunity to receive dental services at such times in the future as such services may be appropriate or required, but shall not be construed to include a dentist or professional dental corporation that accepts prepayment on a fee-for-service basis for providing specific dental services to individual patients for whom such services have been prediagnosed.  Nothing in this paragraph (e) shall apply to a funded or self-funded trust qualified with the United States Department of Labor in accordance with Public Law 93-406.
          (d)  Any written communication to an insured or a dentist that includes or pertains to a denial of benefits for all or part of a claim on the basis of a lack of medical necessity shall include the name, applicable specialty designation, license number together with state of issuance, and the email address of the licensed dentist making the adverse determination.
          (d)  Any written communication to an insured or a dentist that includes or pertains to a denial of benefits for all or part of a claim on the basis of a lack of medical necessity shall include the name, applicable specialty designation, license number together with state of issuance, and the direct telephone number of the licensed dentist making the adverse determination.
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Concurred in Amend From Senate

  5. Returned For Concurrence

  6. Passed As Amended

  7. Amended

  8. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  9. Referred To Insurance

  10. Transmitted To Senate

  11. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  12. Motion to Reconsider Entered (Brown, Chism)

  13. Passed

  14. Title Suff Do Pass

  15. Referred To Insurance

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence in Amendment From Senate

Passed 111 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 18001
Republican 44001
Unaffiliated 48302
Independent 1000
Total 111304
% of votes cast 94%3%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Nay
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Henley — Nay
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Not Voting
Mettetal — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Yea
Young — Yea
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Bomgar — Nay
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Not Voting
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Not Voting
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 52 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 30000
Total 52000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Yea
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 103 Yea · 9 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45000
Unaffiliated 45605
Democrat 12302
Independent 1000
Total 103907
% of votes cast 87%8%0%6%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Nay
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Nay
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Henley — Nay
Holland — Not Voting
Hopkins — Nay
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Young — Not Voting
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Holloway — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Anderson — Nay
Present--Bailey — Not Voting
Absent or those Baria — Not Voting
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Not Voting
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Not Voting
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Nay
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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HB 752 is sponsored by Jody Steverson (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2019. Enacted.
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