Bill Text: MI HB5606 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Insurance; no-fault; insurance policy information; require submission to Michigan automobile insurance placement facility. Amends sec. 3101a of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3101a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/27/2016 [HB5606 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5606-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5606

April 27, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Theis and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

by amending section 3101a (MCL 500.3101a), as amended by 2014 PA

 

419.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3101a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,

 

an insurer, in conjunction with the issuance of an automobile

 

insurance policy, as defined in section 3303, shall provide 2

 

certificates of insurance for each insured vehicle. The insurer

 

shall mark 1 of the certificates as the secretary of state's copy,

 

which copy, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be

 

filed with the secretary of state by the policyholder upon

 

application for a vehicle registration. The secretary of state

 

shall not maintain the certificate of insurance received under this

 

subsection on file.


     (1) (2) Beginning December 30, 2011, an An insurer, in

 

conjunction with the issuance of an automobile insurance policy,

 

shall provide to the insured 1 certificate of insurance for each

 

insured vehicle, and for private passenger nonfleet automobiles

 

listed on the policy shall supply to the secretary of state , in

 

the format and timeline as required by the secretary of state,

 

which shall not be required more frequently than every 14 days, the

 

automobile insurer's name, the name of the named insured, the named

 

insured's address, the vehicle identification number for each such

 

private passenger nonfleet vehicle listed on the policy, and the

 

policy number. The insurer shall supply the information required

 

under this subsection in the format and on a timeline as required

 

by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall not require

 

the submission of information under this subsection more frequently

 

than every 14 days. In determining the format under this

 

subsection, the secretary of state shall consult with insurers. As

 

used in this subsection, "private passenger nonfleet automobile"

 

means that term as defined in section 3303.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall provide policy information

 

received under subsection (1) to the Michigan automobile insurance

 

placement facility as required for the Michigan automobile

 

insurance placement facility to comply with this act.

 

     (3) Until December 31, 2018, the secretary of state shall

 

provide policy information received under this subsection (1) to

 

the department of community health and human services as required

 

for the department of community health and human services to comply

 

with 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289. In determining the format

 


under this subsection, the secretary of state shall consult with

 

insurers. As used in this subsection, "private passenger nonfleet

 

automobile" means that term as defined in section 3303.

 

     (4) (3) The secretary of state shall accept as proof of

 

vehicle insurance a transmission of the insured vehicle's vehicle

 

identification number. Policy information submitted by an insurer

 

and received by the secretary of state under this section is

 

confidential, is not subject to the freedom of information act,

 

1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall must not be disclosed

 

to any person except the department of community health and human

 

services for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289, or

 

pursuant to an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in

 

connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution. The

 

transmission to the secretary of state of a vehicle identification

 

number is proof of insurance to the secretary of state for motor

 

vehicle registration purposes only and is not evidence that a

 

policy of insurance actually exists between an insurer and an

 

individual.

 

     (5) (4) A person who supplies false information to the

 

secretary of state under this section or who issues or uses an

 

altered, fraudulent, or counterfeit certificate of insurance is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

 

     (6) (5) The department of community health and human services

 

shall report to the senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations committees and standing committees concerning

 

insurance issues on the number of claims and total dollar amount

 


recovered from automobile insurers pursuant to under 2006 PA 593,

 

MCL 550.281 to 550.289. The reports required by this subsection

 

shall must be given to the appropriations committees and standing

 

committees concerning insurance issues by December 30 of each year

 

through December 30, 2018 and shall must cover the preceding 12-

 

month period.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

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