HB 4786 Summary

• Amends the Open Meetings Act (1976 PA 267) to include the catastrophic claims association created under section 3104 of the Insurance Code of 1956 (MCL 500.3104) as a public body subject to open meetings requirements.

• Adds the catastrophic claims association to the definition of "public body" in section 2, making it subject to the same open meeting obligations as other state and local governmental bodies.

• Expands the definition of "meeting" in section 2 to explicitly include meetings of the catastrophic claims association board.

• Exempts the catastrophic claims association from certain provisions in section 3(8) that exclude most insurance associations and organizations from the Open Meetings Act, while still subjecting it to all other open meetings requirements.

• Includes a tie-bar provision making the bill effective only if House Bill 4785 is enacted into law.