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MI SB1014

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/7/2018

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Hune

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Origin

Senate

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Modifies personal protection insurance (no-fault) coverage by establishing payment limits for family-provided attendant care: reasonable and customary for first 56 hours per week, capped at $15.00/hour for hours exceeding 56 per week, with triennial adjustments based on Consumer Price Index.

  • Changes assigned claims plan eligibility and benefit limits, reducing maximum recoverable benefits from $500,000 to $400,000 for out-of-state residents and uninsured Michigan residents, with specific conditions and dispute resolution procedures.

  • Creates Michigan Automobile Insurance Fraud Authority within the Attorney General's office to reduce insurance fraud through financial support to law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, with mandatory reporting by insurers and annual reporting to legislature; authority dissolves January 1, 2024.

  • Requires insurers to submit vehicle identification numbers for private passenger nonfleet automobiles to Secretary of State on a schedule not more frequent than every 14 days, with information kept confidential and shared only with Department of Health and Human Services for specified purposes.

  • Establishes new section 3107c imposing limits on allowable expenses for in-home attendant care regardless of provider qualifications or licensing, and prohibits insurers from being required to cover medical use of marijuana.

Legislative Description

Insurance; no-fault; coverage and benefits; make miscellaneous changes and create an insurance fraud prevention authority. Amends title & secs. 2109, 3101, 3104, 3107, 3157, 3301, 3330 & 4501 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2109 et seq.) & adds secs. 3107c, 3178a & ch. 63.

Insurance: no-fault

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Insurance

6/7/2018

Committee Referrals

Insurance5/16/2018

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