§ 83-9-39. Coverage
Except as otherwise provided herein, all alternative delivery systems and all group health insurance policies, plans or programs regulated by the State of Mississippi shall provide covered benefits for the treatment of mental illness, except for policies which only provide coverage for specified diseases and other limited benefit health insurance policies and negotiated labor contracts. […]
§ 83-9-41. Mental illness benefits
Covered benefits for services in this section shall be limited to coverage of treatment of clinically significant mental illness. Treatment under this section shall be covered for a minimum of thirty (30) days per year for inpatient services, a minimum of sixty (60) days per year for partial hospitalization, and a minimum of fifty-two (52) […]
§ 83-9-43. Nondiscrimination
Methods of determining levels of payment or reimbursement for services or for the type of facility charges eligible for payment or reimbursement pursuant to Sections 83-9-37 through 83-9-43 shall be consistent with those for medical illnesses in general and shall take into consideration customary charges for those services. Deductible or co-payment plans, methods of determination, […]
§ 83-9-45. Coverage and benefits for treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder and craniomandibular disorder
Except for policies which only provide coverage for specified diseases and other limited benefit health insurance policies, no policy or certificate of health, medical, hospitalization or accident and sickness insurance and no subscriber contract provided by a nonprofit health service plan corporation or health maintenance organization shall be issued, renewed, continued, issued for delivery or […]
§ 83-9-24. Prohibition against requiring higher co-payment, coinsurance, etc., for patient-administered anti-cancer medications than is required for anti-cancer medications injected or intravenously administered by health care provider
As used in this section, the following terms shall be defined as provided in this subsection: “Anti-cancer medication” means drugs and biologics that are used to kill, slow, or prevent the growth of cancerous cells. “Health plan or policy” means any hospital, health or medical expense insurance policy, hospital or medical service contract, employee welfare […]
§ 83-9-25. Examination and return of policy
Every individual accident and health policy or service contract, except travel or nonrenewable accident policies, issued for delivery in the State of Mississippi on or after July 1, 1971, by an insurance company, nonprofit hospital service plan, or medical service corporation shall have printed thereon or attached thereto a notice stating, in substance, that the […]
§ 83-9-26. Screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder
Except as otherwise provided herein, a health insurance policy shall provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. To the extent that the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder are not already covered by a health insurance policy, coverage under this section will be included in health insurance policies […]
§ 83-9-27. Alcoholism care and treatment; coverage
Notwithstanding any provision of any policy of accident or sickness insurance as defined by Section 83-9-1, issued on or after January 1, 1975, whenever such policy provides for the reimbursement for loss resulting from sickness, or from bodily injury by accidental means, or both, said reimbursement shall include health service benefits to any insured or […]
§ 83-9-29. Alcoholism care and treatment; application of law
The provisions of Sections 83-9-27 through 83-9-31 shall apply only to group policies or group plans of health affording coverage from sickness, or bodily injury by accidental means, or both, or nonprofit health plans corporations regulated by the Mississippi Insurance Commission issued or renewed after January 1, 1975. The provisions of Sections 83-9-27 through 83-9-31 […]
§ 83-9-31. Alcoholism care and treatment; limitation of coverage
The coverage required under Section 83-9-27 shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) during any calendar year, and shall extend only to treatment and services rendered by a physician and hospitals licensed by the state wherein the service or hospitalization is rendered.