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SB2703Introduced in the Senate

Eye care services and materials for patients; provide requirements for insurers and vision benefit managers.

Failed

Introduced by Walter Michel, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act To Ensure Access To Eye Care Services And Materials For Patients Through Transparent And Fair Business Practices; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Transparency And Disclosure Requirements For Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Provide For Covered And Noncovered Services And Material In Insurance Policies; To Prohibit Certain Coercive Tactics By Insurers And Vision Benefit Managers; To Provide For Credentialing And Contracting Requirements For Insurers Or Vision Benefit Managers; To Prohibit Changing The Terms Of Provider Agreements; To Authorize Eye Care Providers To Use Any Lab Or Supplier; To Prohibit Extrapolation; To Provide A Private Right Of Action For Eye Care Providers; To Provide For Enforcement Of This Act By The Mississippi Commissioner Of Insurance And The Attorney General; And For Related Purposes.

Where it stands

Died In Committee

February 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

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Bill history

  1. Referred To Insurance

  2. Died In Committee

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