Bill Text: MI HB4666 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Insurance; other; reference municipal claims report; eliminate. Amends sec. 16243 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16243). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4665'15

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-04 - Assigned Pa 103'16 With Immediate Effect [HB4666 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4666-Engrossed.html

---

HB-4666, As Passed House, September 24, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4666

 

 

June 2, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Derek Miller and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 16243 (MCL 333.16243), as amended by 1993 PA

 

79.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16243. (1) The department or a disciplinary subcommittee

 

appointed under section 16216 may request and shall receive the

 

following reports:

 

     (a) Information from a licensed health care facility as to

 

disciplinary action taken by it pursuant to under section 20175.

 

     (b) Information from an insurer providing professional

 

liability insurance as to claims or actions for damages against a

 

licensee; settlements in any amount; a final disposition not

 

resulting in payment on behalf of the insured; and or a personal

 

injury claimed to have been caused by an error, omission, or

 

negligence in the performance of the insured professional services.

 

An insurer that receives a request under this subdivision shall

 

submit the information requested directly to the department.

 

     (c) Information from a court in this state as to a felony or

 

misdemeanor conviction of a licensee or registrant or a judgment

 

against a licensee or registrant finding the licensee or registrant

 

negligent in an action for malpractice, whether or not the judgment

 

is appealed.

 

     (d) A report by a licensee or registrant under section 16222.

 

     (e) Information provided by the insurance bureau under

 

sections 2477, 2477b, and 2477c of the insurance code, Act No. 218

 

of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 500.2477, 500.2477b, and

 

500.2477c of the Michigan Compiled Laws, information provided by

 

the national practitioner data bank, National Practitioner Data

 

Bank, and reports from the Michigan health care arbitration

 

program.

 

     (f) Reports from any other appropriate source necessary for

 

determination of the competency and safety of the practice of a

 

licensee. Appropriate sources include, but are not limited to,

 

appointed public and private professional review entities and

 

public and private health insurance programs.

 

     (2) Within 10 days after the entry of a judgment against a

 

licensee finding the licensee negligent in an action for

 

malpractice or the approval by a court of a settlement in an action

 

for malpractice, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was

 

entered or the settlement approved shall prepare and immediately

forward to the department on a form prescribed by the department a

 

report setting forth the name of the licensee and the amount of

 

damages awarded or the amount of the approved settlement.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4665 (request no.

 

01783'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.