republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-856.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Advanced, metastatic cancer; delete repealer on prohibition against health plans requiring step therapy before covering certain drugs to treat.	Advanced, metastatic cancer; delete repealer on prohibition against health plans requiring step therapy before covering certain drugs to treat.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 856	Mississippi HB 856 (2026)	bill	Insurance Public Health and Human Services	enacted	Felsher	3	11	2	2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ba390003-50be-4a1a-871b-d684e0ac7638	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml	ab0bd8d374d97913b0cd330b0fb4dd507d469da8a9104e30c9c62bb043cff24c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 856 (2026) — Advanced, metastatic cancer; delete repealer on prohibition against health plans requiring step therapy before covering certain drugs to treat.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 122–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Felsher — primary (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-13T06:00:00+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/ba390003-50be-4a1a-871b-d684e0ac7638. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).