2021 Senate Bill 447 / 2022 Public Act 119

Require certain health insurer disclosures

Introduced in the Senate

May 18, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-25)

To require health insurers of a “large employer group” to disclose claims utilization and cost information for the group's employees aggregated in an electronic, spreadsheet-compatible format, subject to conditions and limits described in the bill. The insurance buyer would have to sign an agreement not to disclose the data.

Referred to the Committee on Insurance and Banking

Oct. 28, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 10, 2021

Substitute offered by Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-25)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Nov. 10, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Insurance

May 19, 2022

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 8, 2022

Amendment offered by Rep. Julie Rogers (D-60)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bills 5500, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would remove or revise certain provisions in a reformed auto insurance law.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Julie Rogers (D-60)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 5498, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would qdd a definition of "medically accepted standards" in the insurance company “utilization review” of personal injury treatment provisions in the state auto insurance law that was reformed in 2019.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Lori Stone (D-28)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 5499, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 5997, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would mandate “social media platforms” provide a method for identifying political candidates, and prohibit them from “willfully deplatforming” a candidate, with violators subject to $10,000 per day lawsuit damages to a plaintiff.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 5998, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would expand provisions of the state “Consumer Protection Act” that limit its reach in complaints related to matters already covered by a comprehensive state regulatory or license regime.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rachel Hood (D-76)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 6000, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would remove price cap cost control provisions in a reformed auto insurance law.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kelly Breen (D-38)

To tie-bar this bill to House Bill 6000, meaning it cannot become law unless that one does also. That bill would reduce certain cost control provisions in a reformed auto insurance law.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Padma Kuppa (D-41)

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Regina Weiss (D-27)

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Mary Cavanagh (D-10)

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Jewell Jones (D-11)

The amendment failed by voice vote

June 9, 2022

Amendment offered by Rep. Steven Johnson (R-72)

To add a provision to the bill that "a large employer group may disclose the claims utilization and costs information" to an insurer that wants to "submit a proposal to provide benefits or administrative services for the medical benefit plan during the request for bids or proposals".

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 102 to 2 (details)

To require health insurers of a “large employer group” to disclose claims utilization and cost information for the group's employees aggregated in an electronic, spreadsheet-compatible format, subject to conditions and limits described in the bill. The insurance buyer would have to sign an agreement not to disclose the data.

Received in the Senate

June 14, 2022

June 15, 2022

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Kim LaSata (R-21)

The vote by which the bill was passed.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

June 24, 2022