AUTO POLICY INFO SHARING; SUNSET S.B. 738:
SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 738 (as introduced 1-21-14)
Sponsor: Senator Bruce Caswell
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Insurance Code to delay the sunset date on a requirement that auto insurers provide policy information to the Department of Community Health (DCH).
The Code requires an insurer, in conjunction with the issuance of an automobile insurance policy, to provide to the insured one certificate of insurance for each insured vehicle. For private passenger nonfleet automobiles listed on the policy, the insurer must provide to the Secretary of State (SOS) the automobile insurer's name, the named insured, the named insured's address, the vehicle identification number for each vehicle listed on the policy, and the policy number.
Until December 31, 2014, the SOS must provide the policy information specified above to the DCH as required for it to comply with Public Act 593 of 2006. (Public Act 593 requires certain entities, such as health insurers, to give the DCH information necessary for it to determine whether a health coverage recipient also is a recipient of medical assistance. If the DCH determines that a person is both, and if he or she is covered by a "qualified health plan" under the Social Welfare Act, the Department must share information it received about the recipient with the qualified health plan.)
The bill would change the date referred to above from December 31, 2014, to December 31, 2018.
MCL 500.3101a Legislative Analyst: Jeff Mann
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
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.