Bill Text: MI HB4344 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; health insurers; coverage for cranial hair prosthesis; provide for under certain circumstances. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406u.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/13/2019 [HB4344 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4344-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4344
March 13, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hertel, Hoadley, Stone, Elder, Sabo, Cherry, Cynthia Johnson, Yaroch, Sowerby, Ellison, Sneller, Hood, Shannon, Manoogian, Wittenberg, Kennedy, Brenda Carter, Cambensy, Clemente, Coleman, Wozniak, Schroeder, Brixie, Jones and Love and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406u.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3406u. (1) A health insurance policy delivered, issued
for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide benefits for
cranial hair prosthesis for an individual who is less than 19 years
of age and has cranial hair loss as a result of a medical condition
or as a result of treatment for a medical condition.
(2) The coverage required by this section is not subject to
dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance provisions that are
less favorable than those for other prosthesis coverage.
(3) As used in this section, "cranial hair prosthesis"
includes any human or synthetic substitutes for cranial hair.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act applies to health
insurance policies delivered, executed, issued, amended, adjusted,
or renewed in this state, or outside of this state if covering
residents of this state, beginning 90 days after the date this
amendatory act is enacted into law.
