Bill Text: MI HB6019 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance: health insurers; closure or removal of a health system considered a qualifying event for a special enrollment period; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ww.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/21/2026 [HB6019 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HB6019-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6019
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406ww.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 3406ww. An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall consider the closure of a health system or the removal of a health system from the insurer's network as a qualifying event for a special enrollment period. As used in this section:
(a) "Health system" means an entity or affiliated group of entities under common ownership, governance, or control that operates or manages 1 or more hospitals and may also include physician practices, outpatient facilities, long-term care facilities, laboratories, and other health-care-related operations.
(b) "Qualifying event" means that term as described in 45 CFR 155.420.
(c) "Special enrollment period" means that term as described in 45 CFR 155.420.
