Bill Text: MI HB5144 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Insurance; unfair trade practices; whistleblower protection to insurance employees reporting violations of unfair practices in insurance law; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 2035. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5149'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-26 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development And Regulatory Reform [HB5144 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5144-Engrossed.html

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HB-5144, As Passed House, August 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2035.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2035. A full-time or part-time employee of an insurer

 

covered under this act who reports an unfair or deceptive act or

 

practice in the business of insurance is entitled to the rights and

 

protection of the whistleblowers' protection act, 1980 PA 469, MCL

 

15.361 to 15.369. In addition, if the information provided by the

 

employee is instrumental to exposing or bringing an end to a

 

practice that is a violation of this act, the whistleblower may be

 

entitled to a payment from the insurance whistleblower protection

 

fund created in section 2035a.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4846.

 

     (b) House Bill No. 5149.