SENATE BILL No. 280

 

 

February 27, 2007, Introduced by Senators SANBORN, BIRKHOLZ, KUIPERS, RICHARDVILLE, PAPPAGEORGE, GEORGE, GLEASON, BROWN, SCOTT and ALLEN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled

 

"The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"

 

(MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding sections 409b and 419c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 409b. (1) Any certificate delivered, issued for delivery,

 

or renewed in this state that provides for hospital or medical care

 

coverage for dependent children shall permit continuation of that

 

coverage for a child until that child attains age 26 even if the

 

child is no longer considered a dependent.

 

     (2) Coverage under this section shall be provided at the same

 

rate as that charged for dependent child status.

 

     Sec. 419c. (1) If the MI-HEART exchange board under the MI-

 

HEART act determines that section 401b, 401f, 401g, 414a, 415, 416,

 

416a, 416b, 416c, 416d, or 417 should be waived as provided in


 

section 8 of the MI-HEART act, then the sections so identified by

 

the board under the MI-HEART act are not required to be provided or

 

offered in an eligible health coverage plan.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Eligible health coverage plan" means that term as defined

 

in section 3 of the MI-HEART act.

 

     (b) "MI-HEART exchange board" means that term as defined in

 

section 3 of the MI-HEART act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 278.                                   

 

         

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 283.