{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-9-109","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 83-9-109","heading":"Outline of coverage.","body":"(1) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of Medicare supplement policies, no Medicare supplement policy or certificate shall be delivered in this state unless an outline of coverage is delivered to the applicant at the time application is made.\n(2) The commissioner shall prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by subsection (1). For purposes of this section, “format” means style, arrangement and overall appearance, including such items as the size, color and prominence of type and the arrangement of text and captions. Such outline of coverage shall include:\n(a) A description of the principal benefits and coverage provided in the policy;\n(b) A statement of the renewal provisions including any reservation by the insurer of a right to change premiums and disclosure of any automatic renewal premium increases based on the policyholder’s age;\n(c) A statement that the outline of coverage is a summary of the policy issued or applied for and that the policy should be consulted to determine governing contractual provisions.\n(3) The commissioner may prescribe by regulation a standard form and the contents of an informational brochure for persons eligible for Medicare which is intended to improve the buyer’s ability to select the most appropriate coverage and improve the buyer’s understanding of Medicare. Except in the case of direct response insurance policies, the commissioner may require by regulation that the informational brochure be provided to any prospective insureds eligible for Medicare concurrently with delivery of the outline of coverage. With respect to direct response insurance policies, the commissioner may require by regulation that the prescribed brochure be provided upon request to any prospective insureds eligible for Medicare, but in no event later than the time of policy delivery.\n(4) The commissioner may adopt regulations for captions or notice requirements, determined to be in the public interest and designed to inform prospective insureds that particular insurance coverages are not Medicare supplement coverages, for all accident and health insurance policies sold to persons eligible for Medicare other than:\n(a) Medicare supplement policies; or\n(b) Disability income policies.\n(5) The commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations to govern the full and fair disclosure of information in connection with the replacement of accident and health policies, subscriber contracts or certificates by persons eligible for Medicare.","path":["Title 83. Insurance","Chapter 9. Accident, Health and Medicare Supplement Insurance","Medicare Supplement Insurance"],"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":"10161bcc5cf94e79d7978a84e071bd41e78639d7bdce2259a95938eebb5e2bcc","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-9-108","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-9-110","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."}