Senate Bill 1381 Summary

• Removes insurance company requirements to reimburse for chiropractic services that were not included in the definition of chiropractic practice under MCL 333.16401 as of January 1, 2009.

• Eliminates similar reimbursement requirements for optometry services not included in the definition of optometric practice under MCL 333.17401 as of May 20, 1992.

• Clarifies language in insurance code sections governing disability insurance and prudent purchaser agreements to use consistent terminology and correct grammatical structure.

• Changes references from "this amendatory act" to "1984 PA 280" and replaces conditional language ("when," "so long as") with "if" throughout prudent purchaser agreement provisions.