HOUSE BILL No. 4751


     May 8, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Reeves, Mead, Rivet, McConico, Minore, Gieleghem, Voorhees, Murphy, Hardman, Kilpatrick, Bradstreet,
Vander Veen, Zelenko, Rison, Kolb, Lipsey, DeWeese, Schauer, Pappageorge, Hart, Vander Roest, Tabor, Jansen and Lemmons and referred to the
Committee on Insurance and Financial Services.


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

   "The insurance code of 1956,"

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

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 3406l.  (1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "NURSE MIDWIFE"

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      MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL LICENSED AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE

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      UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CODE, 1978 PA 368, MCL

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      333.16101 TO 333.18838, WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A SPECIALTY CERTIFI-

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      CATION IN THE PRACTICE OF NURSE MIDWIFERY BY THE MICHIGAN BOARD

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      OF NURSING UNDER SECTION 17210 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CODE, 1978 PA

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      368, MCL 333.17210.

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           (2) EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002, A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANI-

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      ZATION CONTRACT OR AN EXPENSE-INCURRED HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, OR

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      SURGICAL POLICY OR CERTIFICATE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR

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      MATERNITY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR SUCH SERVICES


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      WHETHER PERFORMED BY A PHYSICIAN OR A NURSE MIDWIFE ACTING WITHIN

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      THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER LICENSE OR SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION, OR

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      BOTH.


















































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