Bill Text: MI HB5408 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Insurance; health care corporations; denial of coverage for telemedicine services; prohibit. Amends 1980 PA 350 (MCL 550.1101 - 550.1704) by adding sec. 401k.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-3)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 214'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5408 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5408-Chaptered.html
Act No. 214
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
June 25, 2012
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 28, 2012
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2012
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Reps. Haines, Liss, Lori, Crawford, Huuki, Geiss, Hughes, Price, Wayne Schmidt, Foster, Daley, Kowall, Johnson, Yonker, O’Brien, Haveman, Bumstead, Haugh, Knollenberg and Olson
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5408
AN ACT to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of nonprofit health care corporations; to provide their rights, powers, and immunities; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officers relative to the exercise of those rights, powers, and immunities; to prescribe certain conditions for the transaction of business by those corporations in this state; to define the relationship of health care providers to nonprofit health care corporations and to specify their rights, powers, and immunities with respect thereto; to provide for a Michigan caring program; to provide for the regulation and supervision of nonprofit health care corporations by the commissioner of insurance; to prescribe powers and duties of certain other state officers with respect to the regulation and supervision of nonprofit health care corporations; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to regulate the merger or consolidation of certain corporations; to prescribe an expeditious and effective procedure for the maintenance and conduct of certain administrative appeals relative to provider class plans; to provide for certain administrative hearings relative to rates for health care benefits; to provide for certain causes of action; to prescribe penalties and to provide civil fines for violations of this act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 401k.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 401k. (1) A group or nongroup health care corporation certificate shall not require face-to-face contact between a health care professional and a patient for services appropriately provided through telemedicine, as determined by the health care corporation. Telemedicine services shall be provided by a health care professional who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in his or her health care profession in the state where the patient is located. Telemedicine services are subject to all terms and conditions of the certificate agreed upon between the certificate holder and the health care corporation, including, but not limited to, required copayments, coinsurances, deductibles, and approved amounts.
(2) As used in this section, “telemedicine” means the use of an electronic media to link patients with health care professionals in different locations. To be considered telemedicine under this section, the health care professional must be able to examine the patient via a real-time, interactive audio or video, or both, telecommunications system and the patient must be able to interact with the off-site health care professional at the time the services are provided.
(3) This section applies to a certificate issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2013.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
