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