Bill Text: MI SB1594 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for maternity services; expand to include certain midwives. Amends sec. 416d of 1980 PA 350 (MCL 550.1416d).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-12-29 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development And Regulatory Reform [SB1594 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB1594-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1594

 

 

December 29, 2010, Introduced by Senator BROWN and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled

 

"The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"

 

by amending section 416d (MCL 550.1416d), as added by 2004 PA 374.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 416d. (1) As used in this section: , "nurse

 

     (a) "Certified professional midwife" means an individual who

 

has been credentialed as a certified professional midwife by the

 

North American registry of midwives.

 

     (b) "Nurse midwife" means an individual licensed as a

 

registered professional nurse under article 15 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838, who has been issued

 

a specialty certification in the practice of nurse midwifery by the

 

Michigan board of nursing under section 17210 of the public health

 


code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17210.

 

     (2) Effective March 1, 2005, a A group or nongroup certificate

 

that provides coverage for obstetrical and gynecological services

 

shall include coverage for obstetrical and gynecological services

 

whether performed by a physician or a nurse midwife acting within

 

the scope of his or her license, or specialty certification, or

 

shall do 1 or national certification, including, but not limited

 

to, both of the following:

 

     (a) Offer to provide coverage Coverage for obstetrical and

 

gynecological services whether performed by a physician or a nurse

 

midwife acting within the scope of his or her license or specialty

 

certification.

 

     (b) Offer to provide coverage Coverage for all maternity

 

services and gynecological services rendered during pre- and post-

 

natal care and delivery whether performed by a physician, or a

 

nurse midwife, or certified professional midwife acting within the

 

scope of his or her license, or specialty certification, or

 

national certification. Coverage under this subdivision applies

 

regardless of whether delivery occurred in a hospital, in a birth

 

center, or at home.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect March 1,

 

2011.

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