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Votes at a glance: Insurance committee reports multiple bills including telemedicine, insurer appointment, cybersecurity and Medicaid formulary
Summary
The Senate Insurance Committee on May 20 reported multiple bills to the Senate, including measures on telemedicine, the insurance commissioner’s office, Medicaid formulary parity, insurer holding‑company rules and cyber‑insurance guaranty coverage.
The Mississippi Senate Insurance Committee on May 20 reported a series of bills to the Senate after testimony and brief debate. Committee action included votes to report bills addressing telemedicine, the office of insurance commissioner, Medicaid formulary treatment parity, insurer holding‑company rules, and cybersecurity coverage in the state guaranty association.
Key committee actions (motion text reflects committee record):
- Senate Bill 2415 — Telemedicine repeal removal: Motion "Title sufficient, due pass" carried; SB 2415 was reported. Committee discussion described the item as removing the statutory repealer for telemedicine provisions enacted during the COVID‑19 emergency; supporters cited expanded access to care and mental‑health benefits and urged deletion of the repealer to preserve continuity of telemedicine rules.
- Senate Bill 2024 — Insurance Commissioner: Motion to report carried. The bill would change the office of insurance commissioner from an elected position to one appointed by the governor, subject to Senate advice and consent; the bill sets minimum qualifications for nominees including age, a bachelor’s degree and insurance experience. Sponsors framed the change as aligning the office with other appointed regulatory posts; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript.
- Senate Bill 2388 — Medicaid formulary parity: Motion "Title sufficient to pass, committee substitute" carried. The committee substitute removes a proposed mandate for the state health plan and instead seeks parity on the Medicaid formulary so non‑opioid/non‑narcotic drugs are not discriminated against; sponsors said the change levels the playing field between classes of medications.
- Senate Bill 2401 — Study committee on certification of health benefit plans: Motion "Title sufficient, due pass" carried. SB 2401 would create a study committee composed of legislative leaders, agency officials and insurer and hospital designees to report recommendations by Dec. 1, 2025.
- Senate Bill 2412 — Insurance Holding Company Act update (NAIC group capital calculation): Motion "Title sufficient to pass" carried. Sponsors said the technical change aligns state statute with NAIC accreditation standards to be adopted by Jan. 1, 2026 and does not affect the wind pool.
- Senate Bill 2413 — Strengthen Mississippi Homes: See separate coverage (article id: sb2413-strengthen-homes) for substantive debate; committee passed the committee substitute.
- Senate Bill 2894 — Cybersecurity insurance and guaranty association coverage: Motion "File submission, due pass" carried. Sponsor said the bill would add cyber insurance to coverage under the Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association, raise certain per‑claim limits (from $300,000 to $400,000) and extend guaranty protection in specified transfer cases.
Procedural note: committee actions were generally recorded as voice votes in the transcript with motions described as "title sufficient" or similar committee‑procedural language; the transcript records ‘‘Aye’’ with no detailed roll‑call tallies for each bill in the public hearing record.
Next steps: all reported bills will proceed to the Senate calendar for further consideration.
