Bill Text: MI SB0738 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; no-fault; requirement to provide policy information to department of community health; revise sunset. Amends sec. 3101a of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3101a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0419'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0738 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0738-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 738
January 21, 2014, Introduced by Senators CASWELL, JONES, GREEN, BOOHER, JANSEN, MARLEAU, PAPPAGEORGE and EMMONS 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 2011 PA
91.
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.
(2) Beginning December 30, 2011, 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 named insured, the named insured's address, the vehicle
identification number for each such vehicle listed on the policy,
and
the policy number. Until December 31, 2014, 2018, the
secretary
of state shall provide policy information received under this
subsection to the department of community health as required for
the department of community health 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.
(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 not be disclosed to
any person except the department of community health 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.
(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.
(5) The department of community health 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 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289. The reports
required by this subsection shall be given to the appropriations
committees and standing committees concerning insurance issues by
December 30, 2012 and December 30, 2013 and shall cover the
immediately
preceding 12-month period.
