Bill Text: MI HB4135 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Insurance; health benefits; insurer or health maintenance organization requiring physicians to hold certain certifications before paying or reimbursing claims; prohibit unless specifically required for licensure. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 2212d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Presented To The Governor 12/21/2018 @ 3:02 Pm [HB4135 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4135-Engrossed.html

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HB-4135, As Passed House, December 4, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2212d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2212d. An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or

 

renews in this state a health insurance policy issued under chapter

 

34 or a health maintenance organization that issues a health

 

maintenance contract under chapter 35 shall not require as the sole

 

condition precedent to the payment or reimbursement of a claim

 

under the policy or contract that an allopathic or osteopathic

 

physician in the medical specialties of family practice, internal

 

medicine, or pediatrics maintain a national or regional

 

certification not otherwise specifically required for licensure

 

under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.16101 to 333.18838.