Senate Bill No. 864 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 meeting requirements.

• Requires all meetings of the catastrophic claims association to be open to the public and held in a place available to the general public, with public access to attend, record, and broadcast proceedings.

• Adds the catastrophic claims association to the list of entities whose deliberations by a quorum must occur at publicly open meetings, except for specific exemptions related to case merits.

• Modifies language in the act from "shall" to "must" for certain provisions and updates statutory references to use modern citation formats (e.g., "1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3104").

• Bill is contingent on Senate Bill No. 865 of the 98th Legislature being enacted into law before taking effect.