HOUSE BILL No. 4752


     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 1980 PA 350, entitled

   "The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"

   (MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 416d.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 416D.  (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 GROUP OR NONGROUP CERTIFI-

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      CATE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR MATERNITY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE

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      COVERAGE FOR SUCH SERVICES WHETHER PERFORMED BY A PHYSICIAN OR A




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      NURSE MIDWIFE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER LICENSE OR

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      SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION, OR BOTH.




















































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