HOUSE BILL No. 5481

 

February 5, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Howell and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The insurance code of 1956,"                                               

                                                                                

    (MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3136.                           

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3136.  If an injured person recovers damages under                     

                                                                                

2   section 3135 for noneconomic loss or excess economic loss and is            

                                                                                

3   required to pay all or a portion of that recovery to any                    

                                                                                

4   lienholder, the insurer responsible to pay personal protection              

                                                                                

5   insurance benefits to the injured person shall reimburse the                

                                                                                

6   injured person for the amount he or she is required to pay the              

                                                                                

7   lienholder to the extent that the payment would have been payable           

                                                                                

8   by the insurer if the lienholder had not paid those benefits.