HB-4135, As Passed Senate, December 18, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4135

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

"The insurance code of 1956,"

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2212d.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 2212d. An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or

renews in this state a health insurance policy issued under chapter

34 or a health maintenance organization that issues a health

maintenance contract under chapter 35 shall not require as the sole

condition precedent to the payment or reimbursement of a claim

under the policy or contract that an allopathic or osteopathic

physician in the medical specialties of family practice, internal

medicine, or pediatrics maintain a national or regional

certification not otherwise specifically required for licensure

under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL