HOUSE BILL No. 5314

 

November 13, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Julian and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The insurance code of 1956,"                                               

                                                                                

    by amending section 3109a (MCL 500.3109a).                                  

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3109a.  (1) An insurer providing personal protection                   

                                                                                

2   insurance benefits shall offer  , at appropriately reduced                  

                                                                                

3   premium rates, deductibles and exclusions reasonably related  a             

                                                                                

4   policy that provides for personal protection insurance benefits             

                                                                                

5   to be secondary to other health and accident coverage on the                

                                                                                

6   insured  insureds The deductibles  Deductibles and exclusions           

                                                                                

7   required to be offered by this section shall be subject to prior           

                                                                                

8   approval by the commissioner and shall apply only to benefits               

                                                                                

9   payable  reasonably related to available health and accident                

                                                                                

10  coverage may be offered.  Coverage and deductibles under this               

                                                                                

11  subsection apply to the person named in the policy,  the  his or            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   her spouse,  of the insured  and any relative of either domiciled           

                                                                                

2   in the same household.                                                      

                                                                                

3       (2) An insurer providing personal protection insurance                      

                                                                                

4   benefits may offer a policy that provides for personal protection           

                                                                                

5   insurance benefits to be primary to other health and accident               

                                                                                

6   coverage on the insureds.  Coverage under this subsection applies           

                                                                                

7   to the person named in the policy, his or her spouse, and any               

                                                                                

8   relative of either domiciled in the same household.                         

                                                                                

9       (3) If subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to an injured                   

                                                                                

10  person claiming personal protection insurance benefits, personal            

                                                                                

11  protection insurance benefits shall be secondary to other health            

                                                                                

12  and accident coverage available to that person.                             

                                                                                

13      (4) An insurer providing personal protection insurance                      

                                                                                

14  benefits may offer, at appropriately reduced premium rates, a               

                                                                                

15  deductible of a specified dollar amount.  This deductible may be            

                                                                                

16  applicable to all or any specified types of personal protection             

                                                                                

17  insurance benefits but shall apply only to benefits payable to              

                                                                                

18  the person named in the policy, his or her spouse, and any                  

                                                                                

19  relative of either domiciled in the same household.                         

                                                                                

20      (5) An insurer providing personal protection insurance                      

                                                                                

21  benefits may offer, in connection with those benefits, preferred            

                                                                                

22  provider, managed care, or similar options that provide for                 

                                                                                

23  deductibles or co-pays.  Preferred provider, managed care, or a             

                                                                                

24  similar option shall apply to any person claiming personal                  

                                                                                

25  protection insurance benefits under the policy.                             

                                                                                

26      (6) A person shall not recover duplicate benefits for the                   

                                                                                

27  same expenses or losses incurred.