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House approves coverage for biomarker testing and names measure 'Jill's Law'
Summary
House Bill 565, requiring insurers to cover biomarker testing and amended on the floor to include a naming provision honoring 'Jill' (referred to in the transcript as 'Jill's Law'), passed on final passage by a recorded vote of 117-0 after an amendment adding the naming language was adopted.
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved House Bill 565 on final passage after adopting an amendment that inserts a naming provision and language cited on the floor as "Jill's Law." The bill requires insurance companies to cover biomarker testing, described by the sponsor as important for tailoring treatment for cancer and other serious conditions.
The bill sponsor (the member who called up the item from Holly Springs) told colleagues that biomarker testing "is very important in helping patients who have been diagnosed…
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