NONOPIOID DIRECTIVE FORM; PROVISION H.B. 5262 (H-3)-5264:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 5262 (Substitute H-3 as passed by the House)
House Bill 5263 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)
House Bill 5264 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Abdullah Hammoud (H.B. 5262)
Representative Mary Whiteford (H.B. 5263)
Representative Pamela Hornberger (H.B. 5264)
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Health Policy and Human Services
CONTENT
House Bill 5262 (H-3) would amend the Insurance Code to require an insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in the State a health insurance policy to provide a nonopioid directive form to insureds upon enrollment.
House Bill 5263 (H-1) would amend the Insurance Code to require an insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in the State a health insurance policy to make available to its insureds a nonopioid directive form on its internet website.
House Bill 5264 would amend the Public Health Code to require a hospital to make available to the public the nonopioid directive form developed under Section 9145 on its internet website.
As used in House Bills 5262 (H-3) and 5263 (H-1), "nonopioid directive form" would that term as defined in Section 9145 of the Public Health Code. (Section 9415 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a nonopioid directive form that indicates that an individual who has executed the form or who had a form executed on the his or her behalf may not be administered or offered a prescription for an opioid.)
House Bills 5262 (H-3) and 5263 (H-1) both state that they apply to policies delivered, executed, issued, amended, adjusted, or renewed in the State, or outside of the State if covering Michigan residents, after March 31, 2022.
Proposed MCL 500.3406y (H.B. 5262) Legislative Analyst: Stephen Jackson
Proposed MCL 500.3406x (H.B. 5263)
Proposed MCL 333.21535 (H.B. 5264)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Raczkowski
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.