SENATE BILL No. 383

 

 

April 14, 2005, Introduced by Senators BARCIA, SCOTT and SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions.

 

 

 

     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:

 

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

 

3135 for noneconomic loss or excess economic loss and is required

 

to pay all or a portion of that recovery to any person or entity

 

claiming a lien or right of reimbursement, subrogation, recoupment,

 

or offset against the recovery, the insurer responsible to pay

 

personal protection insurance benefits to the injured person shall

 

reimburse the injured person for the amount he or she is required

 

to pay the person or entity to the extent that the payment would

 

have been payable by the insurer if the person or entity had not

 

paid those benefits.