SENATE BILL No. 502

 

 

September 17, 2015, Introduced by Senators MARLEAU, SHIRKEY, JONES, STAMAS and ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 323, entitled

 

"The health care false claim act,"

 

by amending section 4a (MCL 752.1004a), as added by 2004 PA 411.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4a. (1) A rebate, or discount, or similar payment from a

 

drug manufacturer or from a company that licenses or distributes

 

the drugs of a drug manufacturer to a consumer or other person on

 

the consumer's behalf, for that consumer's use of a drug

 

manufactured or licensed or distributed by that drug manufacturer

 

or company or for health care items or services related to that

 

use, does not violate section 4.

 

     (2) This section does not alter any copayment, deductible,

 

coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements under a contract,

 

certificate, or policy issued by a health care corporation or

 


health care insurer.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.