republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-565.md

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Bill	Health benefit plans and Medicaid; require to offer coverage for biomarker testing.	Health benefit plans and Medicaid; require to offer coverage for biomarker testing.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 565	Mississippi HB 565 (2026)	bill	Insurance Public Health and Human Services	enacted	Creekmore	5	14	2	2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00	2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/43c65c06-0e32-4106-b16b-772c0901f413	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml	771a6e03d72564756a7b7410b00b4c02254609a993ea7d3c53d7ea19f4a4e3a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 565 (2026) — Health benefit plans and Medicaid; require to offer coverage for biomarker testing.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Creekmore — primary (person)
• Bell (65th) — cosponsor (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Eure — cosponsor (person)
• Felsher — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight — cosponsor (person)
• Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Insurance referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: PH To IN
• 2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: IN To PH
• 2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Insurance referral-committee
• 2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43c65c06-0e32-4106-b16b-772c0901f413. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).