SENATE BILL No. 1447

 

 

July 24, 2008, Introduced by Senators HUNTER, CLARK-COLEMAN, ANDERSON, GLEASON, BASHAM, CLARKE, JACOBS, SCOTT, THOMAS, OLSHOVE and SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406s.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3406s. (1) An expense-incurred hospital, medical, or

 

surgical policy or certificate delivered, issued for delivery, or

 

renewed in this state and a health maintenance organization group

 

or individual contract shall provide coverage for audiological

 

screening, diagnosis, and treatment and shall provide coverage for

 

the cost of a hearing aid for an insured or enrollee covered under

 

the policy, certificate, or contract who is certified as deaf or

 

severely hearing impaired by a licensed physician or licensed

 

audiologist.

 

     (2) Coverage under subsection (1) may be subject to dollar

 

limits, copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance provisions that


 

apply generally under the policy, certificate, or contract.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2009.