SENATE COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
| 2011-2012 Session |
Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Status |
| SB 24 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Schuitmaker | Insurance; other; payment of commissions or rebates to certain producers; permit. | 5/11/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 38 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Hunter | Insurance; health; coverage for certain treatments related to autism; provide for. | |
| SB 39 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Hunter | Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for certain treatments related to autism; provide for. | |
| SB 50 Referred 1/20/2011 |
Warren | Insurance; health; coverage for autism spectrum disorder, mental health, and substance abuse treatment; provide that coverage cannot be more restrictive than coverage for medical treatment. | |
| SB 70 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Anderson | Insurance; essential; remedies for denials of claims; provide for. | |
| SB 71 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Anderson | Insurance; insurers; requirement for insurers to deal fairly and in good faith with individuals claiming benefits; provide for. | |
| SB 74 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Anderson | Insurance; no-fault; catastrophic claims association; revise membership, require annual audit, make subject to open meetings act and freedom of information act, and provide for other general amendments. | |
| SB 75 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Anderson | Civil rights; open meetings; catastrophic claims association; make subject to open meetings act. | |
| SB 128 Referred 2/10/2011 |
Meekhof | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for viatical settlement fraud; enact. | |
| SB 129 Referred 2/10/2011 |
Meekhof | Insurance; life; viatical settlement contracts and stranger-originated life insurance; regulate. | |
| SB 196 Referred 2/23/2011 |
Young | Insurance; no-fault; notification of proposed rate increases; require. | |
| SB 211 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Young | Insurance; insurers; insurance antifraud plan; require insurer to develop. | |
| SB 268 Referred 3/16/2011 |
Smith | Insurance; no-fault; insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair facilities; prohibit. | |
| HB 4455 Referred 2/14/2012 |
Shaughnessy | Insurance; no-fault; duties of the assigned claims facility; transfer to Michigan automobile insurance placement facility and transfer duties regarding self-insurers from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner. | 6/13/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| SB 293 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; personal insurance protection coverage; provide for different benefit levels. | |
| SB 294 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; fee schedules for medical costs paid by personal injury protection; provide for. | |
| SB 295 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; charges, claims forms, and billing for providers rendering services in the care of accident victims; provide for. | |
| SB 296 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Smith | Insurance; no-fault; theft prevention authority; expand to include insurance fraud and house within automobile insurance placement facility. | |
| SB 297 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Smith | Insurance; no-fault; duties of the assigned claims facility; transfer to Michigan automobile placement facility. | |
| SB 298 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Smith | Insurance; other; practitioners who employ, use, or act as a runner, capper, or steerer to falsely or fraudulently obtain benefits; prohibit as fraudulent act and revise procedures for calculation of Michigan basic property insurance association rates. | 10/5/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 300 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Gleason | Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 306 Referred 3/24/2011 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; code of conduct for certain automobile glass repair or replacement facilities; require. | 11/2/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SR 43 Referred 4/26/2011 |
Jones | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to allow homeowners in newly identified flood areas to opt out, without penalty, of purchasing flood insurance. | |
| HB 4593 Referred 10/18/2011 |
Glardon | Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 4594 Referred 10/18/2011 |
Opsommer | Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 4595 Referred 10/18/2011 |
Shaughnessy | Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| HB 4596 Referred 10/18/2011 |
Howze | Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| SB 417 Referred 6/8/2011 |
Hood | Consumer protection; unfair trade practices; application of Michigan consumer protection act to acts permitted by law and certain acts prohibited by insurance code of 1956; clarify and revise. | |
| SB 429 Referred 6/14/2011 |
Schuitmaker | Insurance; health; standardized prior authorization form for prescription drugs; require. | 3/15/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 430 Referred 6/14/2011 |
Marleau | Insurance; health care corporations; standardized prior authorization form for prescription drugs; require. | 3/15/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SR 63 Referred 6/21/2011 |
Green | A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to make significant reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. | |
| SB 511 Referred 6/21/2011 |
Hildenbrand | Insurance; producers; insurance on portable electronic devices; regulate. | |
| SB 512 Referred 6/21/2011 |
Marleau | Insurance; producers; sale of portable electronics insurance; regulate as limited lines insurance. | |
| SB 514 Referred 6/22/2011 |
Smith | Insurance; no-fault; low-cost automobile insurance pilot program; provide for. | |
| SB 540 Referred 6/29/2011 |
Kahn | Insurance; health; coverage for orally administered cancer chemotherapy; provide equal treatment for. | 11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 541 Referred 6/29/2011 |
Kahn | Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for orally administered cancer chemotherapy; provide equal treatment for. | 11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 553 Referred 6/30/2011 |
Casperson | Insurance; health; coverage for off-label use of approved drugs; modify. | |
| SB 628 Referred 9/8/2011 |
Hood | Insurance; no-fault; rate setting; prohibit use of territorial criteria. | |
| SB 649 Referred 9/15/2011 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; coverage and benefits; make miscellaneous changes. | |
| SB 720 Referred 10/4/2011 |
Kahn | Insurance; no-fault; personal injury protection benefits; require motorcyclists who elect to ride without a helmet to purchase unlimited coverage. | |
| SB 733 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Warren | Insurance; health care corporations; Pap smears; require to be covered in certain cases. | |
| SB 734 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Whitmer | Insurance; health; Pap smears; require to be covered in certain cases. | |
| SB 737 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Young | Insurance; health care corporations; prescription coverage; expand to include certain contraceptives. | |
| SB 738 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Bieda | Insurance; health; prescription coverage; expand to include certain contraceptives. | |
| SB 739 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Young | Insurance; health; coverage for infertility treatment; require if pregnancy-related benefits are provided. | |
| SB 740 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Young | Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for infertility treatment; require if pregnancy-related benefits are provided. | |
| HB 5156 Referred 10/17/2012 |
Johnson | Insurance; other; persons authorized to act as adjusters; modify. | 12/6/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 859 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Hildenbrand | Insurance; other; sale of portable electronics insurance; regulate as limited lines insurance, and provide for licensing of producers. | 5/23/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 876 Referred 12/8/2011 |
Colbeck | Occupations; physicians; professional liability insurance; require for certain physicians. | |
| HB 5362 Referred 4/24/2012 |
Denby | Insurance; no-fault; liability for damage to motor vehicles; increase limit. | 5/2/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 937 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; other; receivers; limit powers related to secured instruments. | 3/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5408 Referred 3/28/2012 |
Haines | Insurance; health care corporations; denial of coverage for telemedicine services; prohibit. | 4/25/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5421 Referred 3/28/2012 |
Lori | Insurance; health; denial of coverage for telemedicine services; prohibit. | 4/25/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 994 Referred 3/1/2012 |
Bieda | Insurance; unfair trade practices; use of credit score to determine insurance premium; prohibit. | |
| SB 995 Referred 3/1/2012 |
Walker | Health facilities; emergency medical services; amount of liability coverage required for certain hospital aircraft transport vehicles; modify. | 6/6/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 997 Referred 3/1/2012 |
Casperson | Education; graduation requirements; Michigan merit curriculum; revise. | 3/6/2012-REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON Education |
| SB 998 Referred 3/1/2012 |
Walker | Education; students; statement that pupils and parents should consider all postsecondary opportunities; provide for. | 3/6/2012-REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON Education |
| SB 1110 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Kahn | Torts; medical malpractice; emergency treatment rendered in a hospital; limit liability for. | |
| SB 1115 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Kahn | Torts; medical malpractice; procedures for entry of damage awards; modify and clarify. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1117 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Moolenaar | Torts; medical malpractice; persons to whom medical malpractice provisions of the revised judicature act apply; include nonlicensed health care providers. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1118 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Hune | Torts; medical malpractice; statute of limitations; revise period of limitations for survival actions and disallow prejudgment interest on attorney fees and costs. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1116 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Meekhof | Torts; medical malpractice; physician judgment rule; enact. | |
| SB 1136 Referred 5/23/2012 |
Johnson | Torts; medical malpractice; cap on noneconomic damages; revise if defendant has engaged in certain conduct. | |
| SB 1137 Referred 5/23/2012 |
Johnson | Torts; medical malpractice; damages; provide for double damages if defendant engages in certain misconduct. | |
| SB 1143 Referred 5/24/2012 |
Kahn | Insurance; no-fault; Michigan catastrophic claims association assessment; require to be collected in 1 nonrefundable advance payment. | |
| SB 1144 Referred 5/24/2012 |
Kahn | Insurance; no-fault; term of insurance policy; establish a minimum length. | |
| HB 5701 Referred 6/7/2012 |
Lund | Insurance; no-fault; theft prevention authority; expand to include insurance fraud and house within automobile insurance placement facility. | |
| HB 5805 Referred 11/28/2012 |
Lyons | Insurance; health; health care sharing ministries freedom to share act; enact to recognize ministries and provide they are not engaging in the business of insurance. | 12/6/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1255 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Young | Insurance; property and casualty; pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance; allow insurers to offer. | |
| HB 5890 Referred 10/17/2012 |
Shaughnessy | Insurance; producers; fee assessed for reporting a change in mailing address; eliminate. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5891 Referred 10/17/2012 |
Lund | Insurance; property and casualty; requirement for written notice to policyholder and providing premium quotations to applicants; revise, and revise requirements relating to no-fault coordinated benefits deductibles and discounts. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1293 Referred 9/19/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; health; regulations applicable to nonprofit mutual disability insurer; revise to accommodate merger with nonprofit health care corporation. | 10/17/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 1294 Referred 9/19/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; health care corporations; merger of corporation with a nonprofit mutual disability insurer; allow, and provide procedures. | 10/17/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 1305 Referred 9/20/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; property and casualty; rating and underwriting requirements; modify. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1308 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Marleau | Insurance; health; internal formal grievance procedure; modify. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1322 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Hune | Transportation; other; amendment of motor bus transportation act to reflect transfer of duties regarding self-insurers from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner; provide for. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1323 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; act allowing municipal self-insurance pools; amend to reflect transfer of duties regarding self-insurers from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1324 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Hune | Insurance; no-fault; motor vehicle claims act; amend to reflect transfer of duties regarding self-insurers from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner. | 11/29/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1378 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Nofs | Insurance; health care corporations; coverage or reimbursement for chiropractic services; remove ability to not cover based on date scope of practice was revised. | |
| SB 1379 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Nofs | Worker's compensation; employers; authority to refuse reimbursement for certain services; eliminate. | |
| SB 1380 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Jansen | Insurance; prudent purchaser agreements; authority to refuse reimbursement for certain chiropractic services; eliminate. | |
| SB 1381 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Jansen | Insurance; health; authority to refuse reimbursement for certain chiropractic services; eliminate. | |
| SB 1382 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Jones | Corrections; parole; parole of certain juvenile offenders; allow under certain circumstances. | |
| SB 1383 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Jones | Criminal procedure; sentencing; procedures for determining whether juvenile convicted of murder should be sentenced to imprisonment without parole eligibility; provide for. |