SENATE BILL No. 1449

 

 

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.