October 6, 2004, Introduced by Senator STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 418.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 418. An insurance company, directly or through a third
2 party, may voluntarily cooperate with a title IV-D agency and the
3 child support lien network in identifying obligors subject to
4 child support arrearages who are also entitled to certain
5 liability insurance settlements or awards. An insurance company
6 that, directly or through a third party, provides information or
7 otherwise responds to a notice of child support lien or levy or
8 acts in good faith to comply with state or federal law is not
9 liable for those acts to any person.
10 (2) As used in this section, "title IV-D agency" means that
11 term as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time
1 enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602.