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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Community mental health centers; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider."
+description: "Community mental health centers; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2899"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2899 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ee55022-3d2b-4819-bcbd-6f7206071fad"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml"
+source_hash: "b203fb3fd5b7e4ad9b2f55aa43b109809336c54e184c27e31582abee2f8ed288"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi SB 2899 (2022) — Community mental health centers; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2899IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2899_H_Amend_02.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2899.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2899PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2899_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2899SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **116–5** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **114–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boyd — primary (person)
+- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Parker,Johnson
+- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Mims,McGee,Currie
+- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ee55022-3d2b-4819-bcbd-6f7206071fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+