HB 960 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Telemedicine services; extend repealer on requirement that insurance plans in MS provide coverage for.

HB 960 extends the requirement that health insurance plans and employer health benefit plans in Mississippi cover telemedicine services (like virtual doctor visits) at the same level as in-person care, keeping this policy in effect beyond July 1, 2028. The bill ensures patients pay no more for telemedicine than for in-person visits (same deductibles, co-pays, and coinsurance) and requires out-of-network telemedicine providers to be reimbursed at the same rate as out-of-network in-person providers. It also specifies billing procedures for telemedicine services using correct medical codes and clarifies that the requirement does not change medical care standards for telemedicine.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 3 edits
MINOR
HB 960 was amended to extend the deadline for repealing the requirement that Mississippi health insurance plans cover telemedicine services. The original version scheduled the repeal for July 1, 2028, but the current version changes this to July 1, 2025. This means the mandate requiring insurance coverage for telemedicine services will end sooner than originally planned.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same regarding which plans must cover telemedicine, but the timeline for when this requirement expires has been shortened by three years.
TIMELINE

The repeal date for the telemedicine coverage requirement was changed from July 1, 2028 to July 1, 2025, meaning the mandatory coverage requirement ends sooner.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including removal of page headers and adjustment of section numbering format.

Some text encoding issues were corrected in the current version, particularly around the 'BE IT ENACTED' language.

Floor votes · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

1180
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 119
Feb 6, 2025
D Democratic39
39 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
77 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Insurance
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Insurance
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Fred Shanks
Fred Shanks
RRepublican
MS
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