Senate Bill 1126 Summary

• Creates a $25,000,000 post-acute auto injury provider relief fund within the Department of Treasury to provide supplemental payments to post-acute brain or spinal injury providers and attendant care providers.

• Establishes eligibility criteria requiring providers to demonstrate that fees under Michigan Insurance Code Section 3157 caused reimbursement below the cost of providing services and must submit documentation including 2019 chargemaster, invoices, payment evidence, medical prescriptions, and proof of 5 prior full payments.

• Restricts fund access to providers operating continuously since January 1, 2019, excluding new licensees or those that reorganized under different names after that date.

• Directs the Department of Insurance and Financial Services to begin accepting applications within 30 days, issue determinations within 10 days of complete applications, and distribute approved funds within 5 days using first-come, first-served basis.

• Requires quarterly reports to the legislature detailing applications, approvals, denials, and fund status; mandates comprehensive one-year report analyzing the impact of Section 3157 and fund distributions; designates appropriation as work project with September 30, 2023 completion date.