---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Health; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider."
description: "State Department of Health; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2575"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2575 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b111e815-86f1-470b-a066-c5694ed3785e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Hill.xml"
source_hash: "debf1bb25cd961096d0579cca0a65a2fc26feaf8a3acd341a8291603d3fce117"
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 2575 (2023) — State Department of Health; 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/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2575IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/SB2575_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2575.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2575PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2575_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2575CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2575SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **112–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+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/b111e815-86f1-470b-a066-c5694ed3785e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).