May 6, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Segal, Hobbs, Rutledge, LaVoy, Slavens, Phelps, Faris, Lipton, Darany and Brown and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2035.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2035. A full-time or part-time employee of an insurer
regulated under this act who reports an unfair or deceptive act or
practice in the business of insurance is entitled to the rights and
protection of the whistleblowers' protection act, 1980 PA 469, MCL
15.361 to 15.369. In addition, if the information provided by the
employee is instrumental to exposing or bringing an end to a
practice that is a violation of this act, the whistleblower may be
entitled to a payment from the insurance whistleblower protection
fund created in section 2035a.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5527 (request no.
03848'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.