HB 5331 Summary

• Creates the no-fault independent medical examination board within the department, composed of one attorney experienced in no-fault insurance law and six physicians specializing in orthopedic medicine, neurosurgery, neurology, neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, and physical medicine/rehabilitation.

• Requires the board to select and appoint physicians using a random selection process to conduct mental and physical examinations of injured persons claiming personal protection insurance benefits, ensuring independent examinations rather than examiner selection by insurers.

• Establishes that examination fees must be equally split between the party requesting the examination and the injured person being examined.

• Grants the board authority to approve examination fees, establish procedures and standards, review examination reports, and investigate complaints regarding examiner quality and independence.

• Specifies board members must be licensed in Michigan and their professional practice must consist primarily of active clinical practice in their specialty, not examination of litigants or potential litigants in no-fault cases.