Bill Text: MI HB4544 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Worker's compensation; exclusive remedy; application to employees of professional employer organizations; revise. Amends 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.101 - 418.941) by adding sec. 123.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-06 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means, With Substitute (h-3) [HB4544 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4544-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4544

 

 

May 2, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Iden and Lilly and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.

 

     A bill to amend 1969 PA 317, entitled

 

"Worker's disability compensation act of 1969,"

 

(MCL 418.101 to 418.941) by adding section 123.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 123. (1) If a coemployer has assumed liability for

 

compensation and benefits under this act pursuant to a professional

 

employer agreement, both of the following apply:

 

     (a) For purposes of section 131, a covered employee's employer

 

includes both the PEO and client.

 

     (b) A claim submitted under this act by a covered employee for

 

compensation or other benefits is solely the liability of the

 

carrier or fund of the coemployer that assumed liability for

 

compensation and benefits under this act pursuant to the

professional employer agreement.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "client", "coemployer", "covered

 

employee", "PEO", and "professional employer agreement" mean those

 

terms as defined in section 3 of the Michigan professional employer

 

organization regulatory act, 2010 PA 370, MCL 338.3723.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.