---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commissioner of Insurance; provide shall resolve certain disputes between provider and insured regarding billing."
description: "Commissioner of Insurance; provide shall resolve certain disputes between provider and insured regarding billing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Mississippi HB 95 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chism"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d589186e-d983-4675-b922-8f3a55f3e714"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Chism.xml"
source_hash: "60c2ae364be82817cc130f29c99fb98fbda03ed7f1fc872135d848f407690724"
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 HB 95 (2020) — Commissioner of Insurance; provide shall resolve certain disputes between provider and insured regarding billing.

## 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/2020/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB0095_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0095_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0095.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0095_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **106–11** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **116–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chism — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bomgar, Chism)
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+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/d589186e-d983-4675-b922-8f3a55f3e714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).