{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-61-3","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 83-61-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n(a) “Carrier” means any insurance company, health maintenance association or hospital, medical or surgical services association that is authorized by the State of Mississippi to write accident and health insurance policies and contracts.\n(b) “Program” means the Voluntary Basic Health Insurance Coverage Program.\n(c) “Provider” means any provider of medical services as defined in the contract of insurance coverage.\n(d) “Approved carrier” means any insurance company, health maintenance association or hospital, medical or surgical services association that meets the criteria established by this chapter to participate in the Voluntary Basic Health Insurance Coverage Program.","path":["Title 83. Insurance","Chapter 61. Voluntary Basic Health Insurance Coverage Law"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.83.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:33Z","sha256":"689af11f45c128a91c74f551c84d6065e771d0b48317f9bce7fe5ac6fdaf78d7","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-61-1","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-61-5","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}