Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB552: Medical providers and medical malpractice insurers; prohibit consent to arbitration as a condition for care or insurance.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO MEDICAL PROVIDER OR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURER SHALL REQUIRE CONSENT TO ARBITRATION AS A CONDITION OF PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE; TO DEFINE "MEDICAL PROVIDER"; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 11-15-1, 83-5-35, 73-25-29, 73-9-61, 73-6-19, 73-19-23, 73-27-13 AND 73-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to provide that no medical provider or medical malpractice insurer shall require consent to arbitration as a condition of providing medical care or medical malpractice insurance; to define "medical provider"; to provide penalties for noncompliance; to amend sections 11-15-1, 83-5-35, 73-25-29, 73-9-61, 73-6-19, 73-19-23, 73-27-13 and 73-15-29, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the provisions of this act; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO MEDICAL PROVIDER OR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURER SHALL REQUIRE CONSENT TO ARBITRATION AS A CONDITION OF PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE; TO DEFINE "MEDICAL PROVIDER"; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 11-15-1, 83-5-35, 73-25-29, 73-9-61, 73-6-19, 73-19-23, 73-27-13 AND 73-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) No medical provider shall require a patient or person seeking medical care to agree to use an arbitration agreement as a condition of providing medical care to that patient or person. For the purposes of this section, "medical provider" means a physician, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, podiatrist and nurse practitioner. (2) No medical malpractice insurer shall require a health care provider to use arbitration agreements as a condition of providing medical malpractice insurance to such health care provider. (3) Making the use of arbitration agreements a condition of providing medical care shall constitute grounds for the nonissuance, suspension, revocation or restriction of a license or the denial of reinstatement or renewal of a license of the medical provider. Making the use of arbitration agreement a condition of providing medical malpractice insurance shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the …
Sponsors
- Tullos, Mark (R, 79) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Insurance;Judiciary A
Subjects: Medical providers and medical malpractice insurers
Common questions
- What is HB552?
- HB552 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Medical providers and medical malpractice insurers; prohibit consent to arbitration as a condition for care or insurance.
- What does HB552 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide that no medical provider or medical malpractice insurer shall require consent to arbitration as a condition of providing medical care or medical malpractice insurance; to define "medical provider"; to provide penalties for noncompliance; to amend sections 11-15-1, 83-5-35, 73-25-29, 73-9-61, 73-6-19, 73-19-23, 73-27-13 and 73-15-29, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the provisions of this act; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB552?
- Failed as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB552?
- Tullos, Mark (R, 79).
- Where is the official record for HB552?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0552.xml
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